Dead Biomass Pools
Ø Killing vegetation converts live standing to
dead standing and live roots to dead roots
Ø Operations
- Flatten standing residue to flat residue (ground
cover)
- Bury flat residue
- Resurface buried residue
- Redistribute dead roots in soil
- Material spread on surface
- Material incorporated (lower one half of depth of
disturbance)
Ø Decomposition at base causes standing
residue to fall