Climate change effects on litter decomposition: intensive drought leads to a strong decrease of litter mixture interactions

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

Secondary metabolites ofPinus halepensisalter decomposer organisms and litter decomposition during afforestation of abandoned agricultural zones

(2013) Mathilde Chomel et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Leaf litter quality drives litter mixing effects through complementary resource use among detritivores

(2013) Veronique C. A. Vos et al.   OECOLOGIA

Plant-soil interactions in Mediterranean forest and shrublands: impacts of climatic change

(2013) J. Sardans et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Time and litter species composition affect litter-mixing effects on decomposition rates

(2013) Dongdong Wu et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Non-Additive Effects on Decomposition from Mixing Litter of the Invasive Mikania micrantha H.B.K. with Native Plants

(2013) Bao-Ming Chen et al.   PLoS One

Combined effects of multifactor climate change and land-use on decomposition in temperate grassland

(2013) Julia Walter et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Macroarthropod-microorganism interactions during the decomposition of Mediterranean shrub litter at different moisture levels

(2013) M. Coulis et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Do physical plant litter traits explain non-additivity in litter mixtures? A test of the improved microenvironmental conditions theory

(2012) Marika Makkonen et al.   OIKOS

Exploring short-term leaf-litter decomposition dynamics in a Mediterranean ecosystem: dependence on litter type and site conditions

(2012) María Almagro et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Litter decomposition in Mediterranean ecosystems: Modelling the controlling role of climatic conditions and litter quality

(2011) Guido Incerti et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Effects of climate change on leaf litter decomposition across post-fire plant regenerative groups

(2011) S. Saura-Mas et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Non-additive effects of litter mixtures on decomposition of leaf litters in a Mediterranean maquis

(2011) Anna De Marco et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Atmospheric water vapor as driver of litter decomposition in Mediterranean shrubland and grassland during rainless seasons

(2010) INGA DIRKS et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

(2010) Stephan Hättenschwiler et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Decomposition and nutrient dynamics in mixed litter of Mediterranean species

(2010) Giuliano Bonanomi et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Nutrient dynamics in litter mixtures of four Mediterranean maquis species decomposing in situ

(2010) Giulia Maisto et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

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

Functional leaf traits and biodiversity effects on litter decomposition in a stream

(2009) Markus H. Schindler et al.   ECOLOGY

Controls over leaf litter decomposition in wet tropical forests

(2009) William R. Wieder et al.   ECOLOGY

Litter Mixture Interactions at the Level of Plant Functional Types are Additive

(2009) Bart Hoorens et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Leaf diversity influences in-stream litter decomposition through effects on shredders

(2009) ISIS SANPERA-CALBET et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

INCREASING LITTER SPECIES RICHNESS REDUCES VARIABILITY IN A TERRESTRIAL DECOMPOSER SYSTEM

(2008) Aidan M. Keith et al.   ECOLOGY

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

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

High variation in foliage and leaf litter chemistry among 45 tree species of a neotropical rainforest community

(2008) Stephan Hättenschwiler et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Climate change projections for the Mediterranean region

(2007) Filippo Giorgi et al.   GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE