In a recent contribution in Nature (vol. 442, pp. 555-558) Austin & Vivanco showed that sunlight is the dominant factor for decomposition of grass litter in a semi-arid grassland in Argentine. The quantification of this effect was portrayed as a novel finding. I put this result in the context of three other publications from as early as 1980 that quantified photodegradation. My synopsis shows that photodegradation is an important process in semi-arid grasslands in South America, North America and eastern Europe.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:Potsdam/oai:kobv.de-opus-ubp:1200 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Creators | Köchy, Martin |
| Publisher | Universität Potsdam, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät. Institut für Biochemie und Biologie |
| Source Sets | Potsdam University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Misc |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/doku/urheberrecht.php |
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