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Litter Production

Litter Production is the process by which dead organic material, primarily from plant and animal detritus, is shed into an ecosystem, constituting a key flux in nutrient cycling and representing a fundamental component of ecosystem productivity.

1.4K

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86.6K

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4.5K

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1.3K

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2017–2026

300

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Litterfall

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Plastic debris in the open ocean

Andrés Cózar, Fidel Echevarrı́a, J. Ignacio González-Gordillo et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2014 · 3.1K citations · Full text

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Future scenarios of global plastic waste generation and disposal

Laurent Lebreton, Anthony L. Andrady · Palgrave Communications · 2019 · 2.3K citations · Full text

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Formation of soil organic matter via biochemical and physical pathways of litter mass loss

M. Francesca Cotrufo, Jennifer L. Soong, Andrew J. Horton et al. · Nature Geoscience · 2015 · 1.8K citations

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Driven by nature: plant litter quality and decomposition

Choice Reviews Online · 1997 · 963 citations

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The Storage and Production of Organic Matter in Tropical Forests and Their Role in the Global Carbon Cycle

Sandra Brown, Ariel E. Lugo · Biotropica · 1982 · 875 citations

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Authors

4.5K

  1. RA
    Rien Aerts

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

    9 publications · 1K citations

    9

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  2. DR
    Donald R. Zak

    University of Michigan, United States

    8 publications · 882 citations

    8

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  3. BB
    Björn Berg

    University of Helsinki, Finland

    7 publications · 331 citations

    7

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  4. AT
    A. T. Williams

    University of Wales Trinity Saint David, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 434 citations

    7

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  5. SJ
    S. Joseph Wright‬

    Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama

    7 publications · 1.8K citations

    7

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Institutions

1.3K

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    35 h-index

    297 publications

    13.4K citations

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    25 h-index

    91 publications

    3.7K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    23 h-index

    79 publications

    6.2K citations

  4. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    Uppsala, Sweden

    22 h-index

    62 publications

    3.1K citations

  5. University of Georgia

    Athens, United States

    17 h-index

    49 publications

    2.5K citations

  6. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    16 h-index

    48 publications

    2.5K citations

  7. Sichuan Agricultural University

    Ya'an, China

    15 h-index

    90 publications

    2.8K citations

  8. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

    Panama City, Panama

    13 h-index

    30 publications

    7.8K citations

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Venues

  1. Soil Biology and Biochemistry

    62 publications · 4.7K citations

    41

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  2. Forest Ecology and Management

    49 publications · 3K citations

    35

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  3. Plant and Soil

    63 publications · 4.1K citations

    35

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  4. Marine Pollution Bulletin

    37 publications · 2.2K citations

    30

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  5. Ecology

    36 publications · 5.9K citations

    28

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