Impact of species diversity, stand age and environmental factors on leaf litter decomposition in subtropical forests in China

Biomass is the main driver of changes in ecosystem process rates during tropical forest succession

(2015) Madelon Lohbeck et al.   ECOLOGY

Plant species richness leaves a legacy of enhanced root litter-induced decomposition in soil

(2015) Wen-Feng Cong et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes

(2014) I. Tanya Handa et al.   NATURE

Nitrogen transfer in litter mixture enhances decomposition rate, temperature sensitivity, and C quality changes

(2014) Giuliano Bonanomi et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Litter mixture effects on decomposition in tropical montane rainforests vary strongly with time and turn negative at later stages of decay

(2014) Olaf Butenschoen et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Plant diversity does not buffer drought effects on early-stage litter mass loss rates and microbial properties

(2013) Anja Vogel et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Litter decomposition of a pine plantation is affected by species evenness and soil nitrogen availability

(2013) Gui-Gang Lin et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Leaf Litter Mixtures Alter Microbial Community Development: Mechanisms for Non-Additive Effects in Litter Decomposition

(2013) Samantha K. Chapman et al.   PLoS One

Biodiversity Promotes Tree Growth during Succession in Subtropical Forest

(2013) Martin Barrufol et al.   PLoS One

Highly consistent effects of plant litter identity and functional traits on decomposition across a latitudinal gradient

(2012) Marika Makkonen et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Connecting litter quality, microbial community and nitrogen transfer mechanisms in decomposing litter mixtures

(2012) Dennis Lummer et al.   OIKOS

Spatial variations of throughfall through secondary succession of evergreen broad-leaved forests in eastern China

(2011) Shen Huitao et al.   HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES

Environmental changes during secondary succession in a tropical dry forest in Mexico

(2011) Edwin Lebrija-Trejos et al.   JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY

Long-term presence of tree species but not chemical diversity affect litter mixture effects on decomposition in a neotropical rainforest

(2011) Sandra Barantal et al.   OECOLOGIA

Predator Diversity and Abundance Provide Little Support for the Enemies Hypothesis in Forests of High Tree Diversity

(2011) Andreas Schuldt et al.   PLoS One

Community assembly during secondary forest succession in a Chinese subtropical forest

(2010) Helge Bruelheide et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Effects of microclimate, litter type, and mesh size on leaf litter decomposition along an elevation gradient in the Wuyi Mountains, China

(2010) Shaojun Wang et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Tree morphology responds to neighbourhood competition and slope in species-rich forests of subtropical China

(2010) Anne C. Lang et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Diversity meets decomposition

(2010) Mark O. Gessner et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Diversity has stronger top-down than bottom-up effects on decomposition

(2009) Diane S. Srivastava et al.   ECOLOGY

Partitioning beta diversity in a subtropical broad-leaved forest of China

(2009) Pierre Legendre et al.   ECOLOGY

Changes in soil N mineralization and nitrification pathways along a mixed forest chronosequence

(2009) Jean Trap et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Partial least squares regression as an alternative to current regression methods used in ecology

(2009) Luis M. Carrascal et al.   OIKOS

Home-field advantage accelerates leaf litter decomposition in forests

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

Leaf litter decomposition in the pure and mixed plantations of Cunninghamia lanceolata and Michelia macclurei in subtropical China

(2008) Qingkui Wang et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Effect of litter quality on its decomposition in broadleaf and coniferous forest

(2008) Peng Zhang et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY

Functional diversity affects decomposition processes in experimental grasslands

(2008) M. Scherer-Lorenzen   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY