Nutrient piracy: evidence for the role of litter-trapping fungi in forest nutrient cycles in Sabah, Malaysia
Nutrient piracy: evidence for the role of litter-trapping fungi in forest nutrient cycles in Sabah, Malaysia
Litter-trapping fungi are abundant in forest canopies across the tropics. By
intercepting litter fall, these fungal systems have been shown to be important in supporting the diverse arthropod community in lowland forest. These fungal litter-trapping systems are also likely to influence nutrient cycling. This study, carried at the Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah, Malaysia, compares the decomposition of litter within these fungal systems with litter on the forest floor. Results show that while decomposition was lower in the canopy there was a significant increase in mass loss with fungal attachment to the litter.
Danum Valley, leaf litter, rainforest, decomposition, forest canopy , fungi
Snaddon, J.L.
31a601f7-c9b0-45e2-b59b-fda9a0c5a54b
Chey, V.K.
2eda2063-7460-4324-8982-dce1207bf85a
Foster, W.A.
0fe0fa5f-eda5-407f-a34a-6a86997132fb
2017
Snaddon, J.L.
31a601f7-c9b0-45e2-b59b-fda9a0c5a54b
Chey, V.K.
2eda2063-7460-4324-8982-dce1207bf85a
Foster, W.A.
0fe0fa5f-eda5-407f-a34a-6a86997132fb
Snaddon, J.L., Chey, V.K. and Foster, W.A.
(2017)
Nutrient piracy: evidence for the role of litter-trapping fungi in forest nutrient cycles in Sabah, Malaysia.
The Malayan Nature Journal, 69 (1).
Abstract
Litter-trapping fungi are abundant in forest canopies across the tropics. By
intercepting litter fall, these fungal systems have been shown to be important in supporting the diverse arthropod community in lowland forest. These fungal litter-trapping systems are also likely to influence nutrient cycling. This study, carried at the Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah, Malaysia, compares the decomposition of litter within these fungal systems with litter on the forest floor. Results show that while decomposition was lower in the canopy there was a significant increase in mass loss with fungal attachment to the litter.
Text
Snaddon et al. 2017_MNJ_Nutrient piracy_fungi
- Accepted Manuscript
Text
ForestNutrientSabah-Snaddon-fulldoc
- Version of Record
Restricted to Repository staff only
Request a copy
More information
Accepted/In Press date: 17 October 2016
Published date: 2017
Keywords:
Danum Valley, leaf litter, rainforest, decomposition, forest canopy , fungi
Organisations:
Environmental
Identifiers
Local EPrints ID: 411968
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/411968
ISSN: 0025-1291
PURE UUID: b09983d6-b52d-474a-bcad-ed2b388a1cf8
Catalogue record
Date deposited: 03 Jul 2017 16:31
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 05:28
Export record
Contributors
Author:
V.K. Chey
Author:
W.A. Foster
Download statistics
Downloads from ePrints over the past year. Other digital versions may also be available to download e.g. from the publisher's website.
View more statistics
