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The 83 pages that link to Nutrient cycling, each with the reason it gives.

• Soil fertilityNarrower topic: Soil fertility reflects the nutrient inputs, transformations, and losses within these cycles.

• ScavengingNarrower topic: Scavengers return nutrients from carcasses to food webs and ecosystems.

• DetritivoreNarrower topic: Detritivore feeding helps return nutrients from dead matter to ecosystems.

• Leaf litterNarrower topic: Litter decomposition returns nutrients taken up by plants to the soil.

• CarrionNarrower topic: Carrion returns nutrients stored in animal bodies to ecosystems.

• NutrientNarrower topic: In ecosystems, nutrient supply depends on cycling through soil, water, and living matter.

• DecomposerNarrower topic: Decomposition is a key route by which nutrients re-enter ecosystems.

• Plant litterNarrower topic: As litter decomposes, its nutrients re-enter soil and biological cycles.