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“Blooming” of litter-mixing effects: the role of flower and leaf litter interactions on decomposition in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems
Mery Ingrid Guimarães de Alencar
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Departamento de Ecologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 59078-900, Brazil
Laboratoire de Géologie, Ecole normale supérieure, CNRS, IPSL, Université PSL, Paris, 75005, France
Rafael D. Guariento
Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, CCBS, Campo Grande, 79070-900, Brazil
Bertrand Guenet
Laboratoire de Géologie, Ecole normale supérieure, CNRS, IPSL, Université PSL, Paris, 75005, France
Luciana S. Carneiro
Departamento de Ecologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 59078-900, Brazil
Eduardo L. Voigt
Departamento de Biologia Celular e Genética, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 59078-900, Brazil
Adriano Caliman
Departamento de Ecologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 59078-900, Brazil
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Flowers are ephemeral organs for reproduction, and their litter is functionally different from leaf litter. Flowers can affect decomposition and interact with leaf litter, influencing decomposition non-additively. We show that mixing flower and leaf litter from the Tabebuia aurea tree creates reciprocal synergistic effects on decomposition in both terrestrial and aquatic environments. We highlight that flower litter input can generate biogeochemical hotspots in terrestrial ecosystems.
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