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Effects of soil fauna on litter decomposition in Chinese forests: a meta-analysis.
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- Protaetia brevitarsis larvae frass affects substrate microecological systems via two suggestive pathways to enhance cherry tomato growth.Environmental microbiome · 2026Article
- Yak (Bos grunniens) excreta further facilitate the positive effects of soil fauna on litter decomposition in alpine meadow ecosystems.Communications biology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Litter quality and climate have been presumed to be the dominant factors regulating litter decomposition rates on broad spatial scales. However, the role of soil fauna on litter decomposition is poorly understood, despite the fact that it could strongly influence decomposition by fragmentation and subsequent modification of the activities of microorganisms.In this study, we carried out a meta-analysis on the effects of soil fauna on litter decomposition rates in Chinese forests, ranging from boreal to tropical forests, based on data from 20 studies. The effects of climatic factors on decomposition rate were assessed by comparing the contribution of soil fauna to litter decomposition from studies carried out at different latitudes.The degree of influence of the soil fauna was in the order tropical (200%) > subtropical (47%) > temperate forest (28%). Comparing the effect size of soil fauna, it was found that when soil fauna was excluded, the decomposition rate, calculated using Olson's equation, was most affected in tropical forest (-0.77), while the litter decomposition rate both subtropical (-0.36) and temperate forest (-0.19) were also suppressed to varying degrees (
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