<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pasqualetti, M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mulas, B.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rambelli, A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tempesta, S.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Saprotrophic litter fungi in a Mediterranean ecosystem: Behaviour on different substrata</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">litter decomposition</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mediterranean ecosystem</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">saprotrophic fungi</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2013.877534</style></url></web-urls></urls><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">0 - 1</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Saprotrophic fungi sporulating on 17 types of leaf litter collected during the dry season in the Sardinian Mediterranean area were analysed. The fungal assemblages identified in each substratum showed an overlap value ranging from 5.9 to 46.7%. A consistent connection between certain fungal species and their substrata was detected; among the 168 fungal species identified, 104 (62%) may be regarded as specialised. Each fungal species was characterised according to morphological and ecological features. Multidimensional scaling (MDS) showed that ubiquitous and common species have morphological characters distinguishing them from specialised species.</style></abstract><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">doi: 10.1080/11263504.2013.877534doi: 10.1080/11263504.2013.877534The following values have no corresponding Zotero field:&lt;br/&gt;publisher: Taylor &amp; Francis</style></notes></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Boulmane, Mohamed</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Santa-Regina, Ignacio</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Khia, Abderrahim</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Abbassi, Hassan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Halim, Mohamed</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aboveground Biomass and Nutrient Pools in Two Evergreen Oak Stands of the Middle Moroccan Atlas Area</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Arid Land Research and Management</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">aboveground biomass</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">allometric method</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">forest ecosystem</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">litter decomposition</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">nutrient storage</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus ilex</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2013</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2013///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15324982.2012.723114</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">27</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">188 - 202</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The aboveground tree biomass and nutrient pools, litterfall, and weight loss of litter due to decomposition have been measured in two permanent plots of evergreen oak forest (Quercus ilex L.) of the Middle Moroccan Atlas area (Tafachna and Reggada). The aboveground biomass was estimated by cutting and weighing twenty trees Y (biomass)¼aX (X¼(D2H)b, D and H are respectively the diameter at 1.30m and tree height. The aboveground biomass of the two studied stands was: 96.0 and 86.4 t ha1, respectively, for Tafachna and Reggada of which the woody part accounts for approximately 96%. The average productions of litter are, respectively, 3030 and 3560 kg ha1 yr1 for Tafachna and Reggada. The leaves account for approximately 70% of the total litterfall, restored to the soil 38.3 kg ha1 yr1 for Tafachana and 44.6 kg ha1 an1 for Reggada (approximately 74% of the total nutrient amount of the litterfall). The decomposition pattern of the leaves litter from each site according to diameter classes. In order to establish biomass regression equations the best fit was obtained by applying the allometric method: follows a negative exponential equation of form RF¼A þB exp (kt). The nitrogen was the bioelement that contributed the greatest amount to the bio- geochemical cycling between vegetation and soil. At the level of internal exchange to the trees, translocation, and transfer, the nitrogen was followed by phosphorus and potassium.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Maisto, Giulia</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">De Marco, Anna</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Meola, Angela</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sessa, Ludovica</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Virzo De Santo, Amalia</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nutrient dynamics in litter mixtures of four Mediterranean maquis species decomposing in situ</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Soil Biology and Biochemistry</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Interactions among litters</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lignin</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">litter decomposition</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Manganese</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Non-additive effects of litter mixing</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0038071710004384</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">43</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">520 - 530</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">In natural conditions, litters shed from different species become mixed with each other, and decompose together. Most studies deal with decomposition of individual species; few studies investigate the inﬂuence of litter mixing on decomposition and nutrient dynamics; the results are contradictory as positive, negative, or no effect, of litter mixing have been observed. In this study we test the hypothesis: i) that litter mixing in the Mediterranean maquis, a nutrient poor, high diversity ecosystem, produces non-additive effects on nutrient dynamics; ii) that the effects vary with the composition in species of the mixture and with the relative amount of the species component the mixture. Two types of 3-species mixtures were set up; one contained three sclerophylls, Phillyrea angustifolia, Pistacia lentiscus and Quercus ilex; the other contained the ﬁrst two species with the mesophyll Cistus. Litterbags, containing monospeciﬁc litters and even and uneven mixtures, were incubated under natural condition in situ; even mixtures had the 3 species in equal proportion, whereas uneven mixtures had one of the species as dominant (50%) and the other two species in equal proportion (25%:25%). Litterbags were retrieved after 92, 188 and 403 days; litters from the mixtures were separately analyzed for mass loss and content of nitrogen (N), potassium (K), sodium (Na), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), copper (Cu), and zinc (Zn). Results indicate that mixing inﬂuences the dynamics of N, Mn, Ca, Mg, Fe, Cu and Zn, but scarcely affects the dynamics of K and Na. The comparison of observed to expected values for changes of nutrients in litterbags indicates the occurrence of non-additive effects of litter mixing on movements of N, Fe, Cu, and Zn to or from the litterbags containing the mixtures. The effects depend on the composition in species of the mixture, whereas the relative amount of the species component the mixture is not relevant.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></issue><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The following values have no corresponding Zotero field:&lt;br/&gt;publisher: Elsevier Ltd</style></notes></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Papa, S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pellegrino, A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fioretto, A.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Microbial activity and quality changes during decomposition of Quercus ilex leaf litter in three Mediterranean woods</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Applied Soil Ecology</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cellulose</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Enzyme activities</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fungal biomass</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lignin</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">litter decomposition</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Microbial respiration</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0929139308001017</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">40</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">401 - 410</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Changes in enzyme activities during litter decomposition provide diagnostic information on the dynamics of decay and functional microbial succession. Here we report a comparative study of enzyme activities involved in the breakdown of major plant components and of other key parameters (microbial respiration, fungal biomass, N, lignin and cellulose contents) in homogeneous leaf litter of Quercus ilex L. incubated in three evergreen oak woods in Southern Italy (Campania), differing for chemical and physical soil characteristics and microclimatic conditions. The results showed that the litter mass loss rates were similar in the three wood sites. Independently of the incubation sites, cellulase, xylanase and peroxydase activities showed seasonal variations with maximum and minimum levels in wet and dry periods, respectively, and this pattern closely matched microbial respiration. Activities of a- and b-amylase, instead, were high at the beginning of incubation and quickly decreased with decomposition progress because their substrate was rapidly depleted. Laccase activity, in contrast, was low at the beginning of incubation but after 6 months it increased signiﬁcantly. The increase of laccase activity was correlated to an increase in fungal biomass, probably reﬂecting a major shift in the litter microbial community. As concerns quality changes, N and lignin content did not signiﬁcantly change during decay. The cellulosic component started being degraded after about 6 months in the litter incubated in two of the three wood sites and from the start of decomposition in the third site. Apart from minor differences in the levels of certain enzyme activities, the data showed that the functional microbial succession involved in the decomposition of Q. ilex leaf litter did not change appreciably in response to differences in soil and microclimatic conditions in the incubation sites.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></issue></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fioretto, A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Papa, S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pellegrino, A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fuggi, A.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Decomposition dynamics of Myrtus communis and Quercus ilex leaf litter: Mass loss, microbial activity and quality change</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Applied Soil Ecology</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cellulose</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Enzyme activity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fungal biomass</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lignin</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">litter decomposition</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Microbial respiration</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2007</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2007///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0929139306002447</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">36</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">32 - 40</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The patterns of microbial respiration and enzyme activity (cellulase, xylanase, laccase and peroxidase) in the leaf litter of two evergreen sclerophyll species, Myrtus communis and Quercus ilex, were compared during decay in a low shrubland and in a coppice wood in a Natural Reserve in the Mediterranean area. The two litter types had similar initial amounts of lignin, cellulose and acid-detergentsoluble substances, but the litter from M. communis had a lower N content and higher C/N ratio. In spite of this, the decomposition rate of M. communis litter was higher than for Q. ilex. Whilst no seasonal variation was observed in the rate of organic matter degradation, respiration and extractable cellulase and xylanase activities showed seasonal variation in both litter types with the highest values in winter–early spring and the lowest in summer, and showed positive correlations with water content. Peroxidase activity exhibited a seasonal pattern and was higher in Q. ilex than in M. communis, while laccase activity was higher in M. communis and increased with fungal biomass as degradation progressed. Nevertheless, no relationship was found between laccase and peroxidase activity and lignin degradation. The results obtained indicate that the seasonal alternation of moist and dry periods is the major factor inﬂuencing soil biological activity in the Mediterranean area. The occurrence of pronounced seasonal variation in litter enzyme activity prevents the determination of possible correlations with litter mass loss.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Di Nardo, C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cinquegrana, A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Papa, S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fuggi, A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fioretto, A.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Laccase and peroxidase isoenzymes during leaf litter decomposition of Quercus ilex in a Mediterranean ecosystem</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Soil Biology and Biochemistry</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Enzyme activity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">isoelectrofocusing</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">laccase</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">litter decomposition</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">peroxidase</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2004</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2004///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0038071704002056</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">36</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1539 - 1544</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The dynamics of leaf litter decomposition of Quercus ilex (L.) were investigated over a 2 year period by determining the activities and isoenzyme distribution of laccases and peroxidases. The analysis of isoenzymes was performed by isoelectric focusing on high stability pH gradients with high resolving power. The preparation of zymograms was carried out using the leaf litter extract without previous concentration. During litter decomposition, laccase and peroxidase activities changed as well as the type and number of enzyme isoforms. The activities of both enzymes were low (%0.017 and %0.031 mmol o-tolidine oxidized hK1 gK1 d.w. for laccase and peroxidase, respectively) in ﬁrst year and increased in October–January of the second year of litter decay. The highest activities measured after 15–18 months of litter exposure (0.37G0.03 and 0.19G0.02 mmol o-tolidine oxidized hK1 gK1 d.w. for laccase and peroxidase, respectively), showed that litter chemical composition affected the growth of ligninolytic microbial community. The activation energy for laccase and peroxidase reactions also changed during decomposition: the highest values (55G6 kJ molK1 for laccase and 60G6 kJ molK1 for peroxidase) occurred in autumn–winter, even if spatial changes were evidenced. Some enzyme isoforms (pIZ5.3 and 5.5 for laccase and pIZ5.0 and 5.1 for peroxidase, respectively), contributed more than others to the overall laccase and peroxidase activity, suggesting that some ligninolytic species bloomed in particular seasons of the year, even if other species with similar functional activities colonized the litter.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10</style></issue></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Garcia-Pausas, Jordi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Casals, Pere</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Romanyà, Joan</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Litter decomposition and faunal activity in Mediterranean forest soils: effects of N content and the moss layer</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Soil Biology and Biochemistry</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">faecal pellets</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">litter decomposition</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">litter n content</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mediterranean forests</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">moss layer</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">nitrogen dynamics</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2004</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2004///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S003807170400080X</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">36</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">989 - 997</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3497348139</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Accumulation of soil carbon is mainly controlled by the balance between litter production and litter decomposition. Usually In Mediterranean forests there are contrasting conditions in the distribution of faunal activity and the moss layer that may have different effects on litter decomposition. Decomposition and faunal activity were studied by exposing litter of contrasting quality (Pinus halepensis Mill. and Quercus ilex L.) for 3.5 yr in three Mediterranean pine forests of the eastern Iberian Peninsula. The effects of mosses on decomposition and on faunal activity were studied by exposing P. halepensis litter either on moss patches or directly on the forest ﬂoor. Faecal pellet production was used as an indication of faunal activity. Water availability or soil characteristics seem to limit faunal activities in the drier sites. Faecal pellets were not found during the ﬁrst stages of decomposition and in all sites they appeared when about a 30% of the initial litter had decomposed. Under wet conditions faecal pellet production was very high and a mass balance suggested that soil faunal activity may result in a net ﬂow of organic matter from the lower organic horizons to the surface Oi horizon. Mosses slightly increased mass loss of pine litter probably as a consequence of high potentially mineralizable nitrogen in the Oa horizon of moss patches and also, perhaps, as a consequence of the higher moisture content measured in the Oi horizon needles sampled among the mosses. In contrast, moss patches reduced faunal activity. The effect of litter quality on mass loss was not always signiﬁcant, suggesting an interaction between litter quality and site conditions. During the ﬁrst stages of decomposition there was N immobilisation in P. halepensis litter (poorer in N) and N release from Q. ilex litter (richer in N). In conclusion, in these forests soil microclimate and/or N availability appear to be more important controlling litter decomposition than the distribution of faunal activity.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6</style></issue></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cortet, Jérôme</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Poinsot-Balaguer, Nicole</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Collembola populations under sclerophyllous coppices in Provence (France): comparison between two types of vegetation, Quercus ilex L. and Quercus coccifera L.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Acta Oecologica</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Collembola</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">litter decomposition</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Phenology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus coccifera</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus ilex</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1998</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1998///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1146609X98800477</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">19</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">413 - 424</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A comparative analysis of soil Collembola using two types of sclerophyllous vegetation (Quercus ilex and Quercus cocc@ru) was performed at a calcareous site in Provence (France). Collembola populations were examined over a one-year period (1 I successive months) in three different soil layers. Although no statistically significant differences could be observed for Collembola abundance and diversity, multivariate analyses (FCA) differentiated the two coppices. Phenologies of some species showed specific responses to the microclimate induced by edaphic conditions. Even though the two coppices were sclerophyllous, the structure of each vegetation, the quantity and quality of litter, which were dif- ferent, could influence environmental conditions and thus the dynamics of collembolan populations.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5</style></issue></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cotrufo, M. F.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Santo, A. V. De</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alfani, Anna</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Effects of urban heavy metal pollution on organic matter decomposition in Quercus ilex L. Woods</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Environmental Pollution</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fungal biomass (voyant9</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Heavy metals</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">litter decomposition</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">pollution</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Soil microbial biomass</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Soil respiration</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1995</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1995///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/026974919400041B</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">7491</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">81 - 87</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Decomposition of oak (Quercus ilex) leaves containing different concentrations of Fe, Zn, Cu, Cr, Ni and Pb was measured in laboratory microcosms. The leaves were collected from a polluted site inside the city of Naples and from a control site away from the city. Soil was sampled from the upper A horizon (0-5 cm) at both sites and analyzed for respiration, microbial biomass and abundance of fungal mycelia. The soils from the two sites differed significantly in heavy metals concentrations. The accumulated mass loss reached an asymptotic value after four months both for the control and polluted litters. However, control and polluted litters significantly differed in accumulated mass loss, that was respectively 40 % and 29 % of the initial weight, after 10 months. Moreover decomposition rates appeared to be strongly influenced by metal contamination in the early stages, while in later stages, they did not differ significantly. Litter respiration appeared to be inhibited by metal contamination and showed pattern and rates consistent with those found for litter decomposition. Fungal mycelia were significantly less abundant both in litter and soil from the polluted site than from the con- trol site. Metabolic activity (both as soil respiration and degree of mineralization) was lower in the polluted soil. Soil respiration and amount of soil mycelia correlated negatively with soil Pb, Zn and Cr concentration.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">April 1990</style></issue></record></records></xml>