Wood Block Decomposition 12 Month Mass Loss Assessment, South East Queensland Peri-urban, Samford, SuperSite, Core 1 ha, 2018

The SuperSites wood block decomposition assessment is part of a global program looking at the influence of microbes and invertebrates on wood decay. A common protocol was developed exposing small (~400 cm3) pieces of a wood-substrate (untreated Pinus radiata) to the environment excluding and not-excluding macroinvertebrates (e.g. termites) by the use of a plastic mesh. This will provide baseline information on the relative rates of decomposition that can be ascribed to saprotrophic microbes and invertebrates in different ecosystems across Australia and the world. The use of a common wood substrate allows for direct comparison among studies.

SuperSites木块分解评估是一项全球研究计划的组成部分，该计划旨在探究微生物与无脊椎动物对木材腐朽的影响。研究团队制定了一套统一实验方案：通过塑料网筛，将体积约400 cm³的木材基质小块（未处理的辐射松（Pinus radiata））分别置于排除与不排除大型无脊椎动物（macroinvertebrates，如白蚁）的环境中。本研究将为澳大利亚及全球各地不同生态系统中，归因于腐生微生物（saprotrophic microbes）与无脊椎动物的木材相对分解速率提供基准数据。采用统一的木材基质，可实现不同研究间的直接对比。