Leaf litter chemistry alder 1:1 mixture poplar
%N 2.33 ± 0.026 1.53 ± 0.009 0.73 ± 0.009
C:N 23.46 ± 0.284 45.53 ± 0.564 67.59 ± 1.389
Decomposition rates (-k day-1) alder 1:1 mixture poplar
0:100 0.0566 ± 0.0166 0.0333 ± 0.0046 0.0234 ± 0.0042
25:75 0.0418 ± 0.0063 0.0243 ± 0.0041 0.0145 ± 0.0010
50:50 0.0381 ± 0.0114 0.0198 ± 0.0040 0.0129 ± 0.0016
Fungal biomass (mgergosterol gAFDM-1) alder 1:1 mixture poplar
0:100 2.82 ± 0.89 2.15 ± 0.30 3.69 ± 0.86
25:75 1.00 ± 0.57 1.06 ± 0.42 3.36 ± 1.52
50:50 5.12 ± 2.92 0.83 ± 0.18 5.05 ± 4.29
Fungal sporulation rates (no. conidia mgAFDM-1 day-1 alder 1:1 mixture poplar
0:100 534.7 ± 250.1 90.0 ± 40.5 61.4 ± 32.1
25:75 1.68 ± 0.09 8.88 ± 0.43 8.63 ± 0.30
50:50 1.28 ± 0.38 2.90 ± 1.01 0.51 ± 0.22
Fungal richness (no. taxa bag-1) alder 1:1 mixture poplar
0:100 7.42 ± 0.49 10.43 ± 0.90 7.44 ± 1.43
25:75 3.00 ± 0.71 6.50 ± 0.42 3.91 ± 0.94
50:50 2.00 ± 1.00 3.00 ± 1.15 1.78 ± 0.62
Shredder biomass (mg bag-1) alder 1:1 mixture poplar
0:100 7.32 ± 2.06 9.23 ± 2.60 6.38 ± 1.01
25:75 5.22 ± 1.34 10.57 ± 1.96 5.77 ± 1.48
50:50 7.16 ± 2.17 7.42 ± 2.34 12.13 ± 5.44
Shredder abundance (no. bag-1) alder 1:1 mixture poplar
0:100 36.92 ± 9.66 37.25 ± 9.95 30.25 ± 3.28
25:75 17.80 ± 5.17 25.13 ± 5.84 22.00 ± 5.79
50:50 24.92 ± 7.34 24.08 ± 5.78 18.33 ± 4.03
Shredder richness (no. taxa bag-1) alder 1:1 mixture poplar
0:100 2.00 ± 0.25 2.00 ± 0.25 1.83 ± 0.21
25:75 2.80 ± 0.44 3.40 ± 0.35 2.73 ± 0.37
50:50 3.08 ± 0.36 3.00 ± 0.46 3.00 ± 0.43