Isolating the effects of precipitation, soil conditions, and litter quality on leaf litter decomposition in lowland tropical forests

A Meta-analysis of Climatic and Chemical Controls on Leaf Litter Decay Rates in Tropical Forests

(2012) Bonnie G. Waring   ECOSYSTEMS

Large Rainfall Pulses Control Litter Decomposition in a Tropical Dry Forest: Evidence from an 8-Year Study

(2012) Carlos A. Anaya et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Relationships among net primary productivity, nutrients and climate in tropical rain forest: a pan-tropical analysis

(2011) Cory C. Cleveland et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

TRY - a global database of plant traits

(2011) J. KATTGE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Macro- and micronutrient effects on decomposition of leaf litter from two tropical tree species: inferences from a short-term laboratory incubation

(2011) Jennifer S. Powers et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Long-Term Change in the Nitrogen Cycle of Tropical Forests

(2011) P. Hietz et al.   SCIENCE

Does variability in litter quality determine soil microbial respiration in an Amazonian rainforest?

(2011) Nicolas Fanin et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Are patterns in nutrient limitation belowground consistent with those aboveground: results from a 4 million year chronosequence

(2010) Sasha C. Reed et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Soil organic phosphorus in lowland tropical rain forests

(2010) Benjamin L. Turner et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

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

(2010) Cindy E. Prescott   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

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

(2010) Stephan Hättenschwiler et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Reduction of forest soil respiration in response to nitrogen deposition

(2010) I. A. Janssens et al.   Nature Geoscience

Tissue-level leaf toughness, but not lamina thickness, predicts sapling leaf lifespan and shade tolerance of tropical tree species

(2010) Kaoru Kitajima et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

(2010) Stephan Hättenschwiler et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Relationships between carbon allocation and partitioning of soil respiration across world mature forests

(2010) Guang-shui Chen et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Phylogenetic Analysis of Local-Scale Tree Soil Associations in a Lowland Moist Tropical Forest

(2010) Laura A. Schreeg et al.   PLoS One

Knowledge gaps in soil carbon and nitrogen interactions – From molecular to global scale

(2010) Annemieke I. Gärdenäs et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Can Growth Form Classification Predict Litter Nutrient Dynamics and Decomposition Rates in Lowland Wet Forest?

(2009) Louis S. Santiago   BIOTROPICA

Carbon pool and biomass dynamics associated with deforestation, land use, and agricultural abandonment in the neotropics

(2009) J. Boone Kauffman et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Leaf traits capture the effects of land use changes and climate on litter decomposability of grasslands across Europe

(2009) Claire Fortunel et al.   ECOLOGY

Controls over leaf litter decomposition in wet tropical forests

(2009) William R. Wieder et al.   ECOLOGY

Land use and climatic factors structure regional patterns in soil microbial communities

(2009) Rebecca E. Drenovsky et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Decomposition in tropical forests: a pan-tropical study of the effects of litter type, litter placement and mesofaunal exclusion across a precipitation gradient

(2009) Jennifer S. Powers et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

A protocol for data exploration to avoid common statistical problems

(2009) Alain F. Zuur et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Nitrogen additions and microbial biomass: a meta-analysis of ecosystem studies

(2008) Kathleen K. Treseder   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Plant functional traits and soil carbon sequestration in contrasting biomes

(2008) Gerlinde B. De Deyn et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

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

Among- and within-species variation in plant litter decomposition in contrasting long-term chronosequences

(2008) David A. Wardle et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Controls on long-term root and leaf litter decomposition in neotropical forests

(2008) DANIELA F. CUSACK et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Microbial contributions to climate change through carbon cycle feedbacks

(2008) Richard D Bardgett et al.   ISME Journal

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

(2008) Deqiang Zhang et al.   Journal of Plant 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