Disentangling the mechanisms underlying functional differences among decomposer communities

A practical guide to measuring local adaptation

(2013) François Blanquart et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Microbial communities may modify how litter quality affects potential decomposition rates as tree species migrate

(2013) Ashley D. Keiser et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Home-Field Advantage: A matter of interaction between litter biochemistry and decomposer biota

(2013) Gabriel Perez et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Home-field advantage of litter decomposition and nitrogen release in forest ecosystems

(2012) Qingkui Wang et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

The source of microbial C has little impact on soil organic matter stabilisation in forest ecosystems

(2012) Heather M. Throckmorton et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Multiple mechanisms for trait effects on litter decomposition: moving beyond home-field advantage with a new hypothesis

(2012) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Microbial control over carbon cycling in soil

(2012) Joshua P. Schimel et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Influence of multiple factors on plant local adaptation: soil type and folivore effects in Ruellia nudiflora (Acanthaceae)

(2011) Ilka Ortegón-Campos et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Local adaptation across a fertility gradient is influenced by soil biota in the invasive grass, Bromus inermis

(2011) Mark E. Sherrard et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

All size classes of soil fauna and litter quality control the acceleration of litter decay in its home environment

(2011) Alexandru Milcu et al.   OIKOS

Litter decomposition: what controls it and how can we alter it to sequester more carbon in forest soils?

(2010) Cindy E. Prescott   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Experimental niche evolution alters the strength of the diversity–productivity relationship

(2010) Dominique Gravel et al.   NATURE

Leaf litter decomposition in temperate deciduous forest stands with a decreasing fraction of beech (Fagus sylvatica)

(2010) Mascha Jacob et al.   OECOLOGIA

Home-field advantage: native signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) out consume newly introduced crayfishes for invasive Chinese mystery snail (Bellamya chinensis)

(2009) Julian D. Olden et al.   AQUATIC ECOLOGY

Testing the functional significance of microbial community composition

(2009) Michael S. Strickland et al.   ECOLOGY

Soil biota accelerate decomposition in high-elevation forests by specializing in the breakdown of litter produced by the plant species above them

(2009) Edward Ayres et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Home-field advantage accelerates leaf litter decomposition in forests

(2009) Edward Ayres et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Decomposition of aspen leaf litter results in unique metabolomes when decomposed under different tree species

(2009) Matthew D. Wallenstein et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The unseen majority: soil microbes as drivers of plant diversity and productivity in terrestrial ecosystems

(2008) Marcel G. A. van der Heijden et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Litter quality is in the eye of the beholder: initial decomposition rates as a function of inoculum characteristics

(2008) Michael S. Strickland et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Tree species identity alters forest litter decomposition through long-term plant and soil interactions in Patagonia, Argentina

(2008) Lucía Vivanco et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Relative effect of litter quality, forest type and their interaction on leaf decomposition in south-east Brazilian forests

(2008) Camila de Toledo Castanho et al.   JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY

Resistance, resilience, and redundancy in microbial communities

(2008) S. D. Allison et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA