TY - JOUR
T1 - Global change effects on a mechanistic decomposer food web model
AU - Kuijper, L.D.J.
AU - Berg, M.P.
AU - Morrien, E.
AU - Kooi, B.W.
AU - Verhoef, H.A.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Global change may affect the structure and functioning of decomposer food webs through qualitative changes in freshly fallen litter. We analyzed the predicted effects of a changing environment on a dynamic model of a donor-controlled natural decomposer ecosystem near Wekerom, the Netherlands. This system consists of fungi, bacteria, fungivores, bacterivores and omnivores feeding on microbiota and litter as well. The model concentrates on carbon and nitrogen flows through the trophic niches that define this decomposer system, and is designed to predict litter masses and abundances of soil biota. For modeling purposes, the quality of freshly fallen leaf litter is defined in terms of nitrogenous and non-nitrogenous components, of which refractory and labile forms are present. The environmental impacts of elevated CO
AB - Global change may affect the structure and functioning of decomposer food webs through qualitative changes in freshly fallen litter. We analyzed the predicted effects of a changing environment on a dynamic model of a donor-controlled natural decomposer ecosystem near Wekerom, the Netherlands. This system consists of fungi, bacteria, fungivores, bacterivores and omnivores feeding on microbiota and litter as well. The model concentrates on carbon and nitrogen flows through the trophic niches that define this decomposer system, and is designed to predict litter masses and abundances of soil biota. For modeling purposes, the quality of freshly fallen leaf litter is defined in terms of nitrogenous and non-nitrogenous components, of which refractory and labile forms are present. The environmental impacts of elevated CO
U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.00898.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.00898.x
M3 - Article
SN - 1354-1013
VL - 11
SP - 249
EP - 265
JO - Global Change Biology
JF - Global Change Biology
ER -
