Fine roots are the dominant source of recalcitrant plant litter in sugar maple-dominated northern hardwood forests

Redefining fine roots improves understanding of below-ground contributions to terrestrial biosphere processes

(2015) M. Luke McCormack et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Factors controlling decomposition rates of fine root litter in temperate forests and grasslands

(2014) Emily F. Solly et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Going underground: root traits as drivers of ecosystem processes

(2014) Richard D. Bardgett et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Impact of fine litter chemistry on lignocellulolytic enzyme efficiency during decomposition of maize leaf and root in soil

(2013) Bilal Ahmad Zafar Amin et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Chronic nitrogen deposition reduces the abundance of dominant forest understory and groundcover species

(2013) Alan F. Talhelm et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Linking litter decomposition of above- and below-ground organs to plant-soil feedbacks worldwide

(2013) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Decomposition and nitrogen dynamics of 15N-labeled leaf, root, and twig litter in temperate coniferous forests

(2013) Tiff L. van Huysen et al.   OECOLOGIA

Slow decomposition of very fine roots and some factors controlling the process: a 4-year experiment in four temperate tree species

(2013) Tao Sun et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

The origin of litter chemical complexity during decomposition

(2012) Kyle Wickings et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The Microbial Efficiency-Matrix Stabilization (MEMS) framework integrates plant litter decomposition with soil organic matter stabilization: do labile plant inputs form stable soil organic matter?

(2012) M. Francesca Cotrufo et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The susceptibility of soil enzymes to inhibition by leaf litter tannins is dependent on the tannin chemistry, enzyme class and vegetation history

(2012) Daniella J. Triebwasser et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Effects of condensed tannins in conifer leaves on the composition and activity of the soil microbial community in a tropical montane forest

(2012) Masayuki Ushio et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

No evidence that chronic nitrogen additions increase photosynthesis in mature sugar maple forests

(2011) A. F. Talhelm et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Air pollution and the changing biogeochemistry of northern forests

(2011) Alan F Talhelm et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Persistence of soil organic matter as an ecosystem property

(2011) Michael W. I. Schmidt et al.   NATURE

Simulated Atmospheric N Deposition Alters Fungal Community Composition and Suppresses Ligninolytic Gene Expression in a Northern Hardwood Forest

(2011) Ivan P. Edwards et al.   PLoS One

Effect of temperature on metabolic activity of intact microbial communities: Evidence for altered metabolic pathway activity but not for increased maintenance respiration and reduced carbon use efficiency

(2011) Paul Dijkstra et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Interspecific variation in leaf litter tannins drives decomposition in a tropical rain forest of French Guiana

(2010) Sylvain Coq et al.   ECOLOGY

Simulated Nitrogen Deposition Causes a Decline of Intra- and Extraradical Abundance of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Changes in Microbial Community Structure in Northern Hardwood Forests

(2010) Linda T. A. van Diepen et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Preparation of an Acid Butanol Standard from Fresh Apples

(2010) Chunmei Li et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Carbon quality rather than stoichiometry controls litter decomposition in a tropical rain forest

(2010) Stephan Hättenschwiler et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Leaf traits and decomposition in tropical rainforests: revisiting some commonly held views and towards a new hypothesis

(2010) Stephan Hättenschwiler et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Ephemeral root modules in Fraxinus mandshurica

(2010) Mengxue Xia et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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(2010) Christiane Kramer et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Turnover of soil organic matter and of microbial biomass under C3–C4 vegetation change: Consideration of 13C fractionation and preferential substrate utilization

(2010) E. Blagodatskaya et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

SIMULATED ATMOSPHERIC NO3−DEPOSITION INCREASES SOIL ORGANIC MATTER BY SLOWING DECOMPOSITION

(2009) Donald R. Zak et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Chemical Changes During 6 Years of Decomposition of 11 Litters in Some Canadian Forest Sites. Part 2. 13C Abundance, Solid-State 13C NMR Spectroscopy and the Meaning of “Lignin”

(2009) Caroline M. Preston et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Nitrogen and phosphorus allocation in leaves, twigs, and fine roots across 49 temperate, subtropical and tropical tree species: a hierarchical pattern

(2009) Ang Li et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Fine root decomposition rates do not mirror those of leaf litter among temperate tree species

(2009) Sarah E. Hobbie et al.   OECOLOGIA

Ethylene regulates ascorbic acid content during dark-induced leaf senescence

(2009) Gustavo Gergoff et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Senescence-related changes in nitrogen in fine roots: mass loss affects estimation

(2009) Justin M. Kunkle et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Root anatomy, morphology, and longevity among root orders in Vaccinium corymbosum (Ericaceae)

(2008) Luis R. Valenzuela-Estrada et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide

(2008) William K. Cornwell et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Long-term patterns of mass loss during the decomposition of leaf and fine root litter: an intersite comparison

(2008) MARK E. HARMON et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Rates of litter decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems: global patterns and controlling factors

(2008) Deqiang Zhang et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

How relevant is recalcitrance for the stabilization of organic matter in soils?

(2008) Bernd Marschner et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

Anatomical traits associated with absorption and mycorrhizal colonization are linked to root branch order in twenty-three Chinese temperate tree species

(2008) Dali Guo et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

13C and 15N stabilization dynamics in soil organic matter fractions during needle and fine root decomposition

(2008) Jeffrey A. Bird et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Molecular C dynamics downstream: The biochemical decomposition sequence and its impact on soil organic matter structure and function

(2008) A. Stuart Grandy et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Lignin degradation during a laboratory incubation followed by 13C isotope analysis

(2008) H. Bahri et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY