title: [Characteristics of the biochemical composition of plant litter at different stages of decomposition (according to thermal analysis data)].
abstract: The composition of samples of needles, leaves, sheaved cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum) tissues, and the L horizon of the forest floor of different degree of decomposition, isolated from the plant litter in southern taiga ecosystems, was studied by thermal analysis. It was established that plant litter decomposition is accompanied by structural changes in celluloses and that the decomposition rates of hemicellulose and structured cellulose vary at different stages of decomposition. The structural specificity and incongruent thermal decomposition of grass lignocellulose were observed in all samples of plant material. The rates at which the content of components of the plant litter decreased depended on the type and stage of decomposition of plant material. The decomposition rate of biochemical components tended to increase in better drained soils.
authors.forename: Iu P
authors.initials: IuP
authors.lastname: Kosheleva
authors.forename: S Ia
authors.initials: SIa
authors.lastname: Trofimov
mesh_terms: D018533:Biomass; D004055:Differential Thermal Analysis; D017753:Ecosystem; D018515:Plant Leaves; D006109:Poaceae; D014197:Trees