The Role of Carbon-Based Plant Secondary Metabolites in Decomposition in Terrestrial Ecosystems

摘要: Litter decomposition in terrestrial habitats is affected by many factors, including temperature, moisture, and nutrient organic composition of litter. Among components, lignin the primary controlling factor rates surface litter during later phase most initial warm, moist (i.e., those with a high actual evapotranspiration, AET). In moderate AET's, we suggest that decreased control over annual due, at least part, to significant periodic or seasonal influence other carbonbased plant secondary metabolites decomposition. The should be function correlates AET: phytochemical community persistence various As AET decreases from highest extreme, expect mo...