In this Behind the Paper blog post, Šárka Angst – a research assistant at the Czech Academy of Sciences – discusses her paper “The effect of dead standing (marcescent) biomass on litter decomposition in herbaceous flora is governed by plant functional group“. Šárka discusses the ecological relevance of marcescence, conducting fieldwork in the cold, and how she’s developed a passion for soil ecology. About the … Continue reading Šárka Angst on marcescence: how standing dead biomass affects litter decomposition of herbs