Decomposition of 51 semidesert species from wide-ranging phylogeny is faster in standing and sand-buried than in surface leaf litters: implications for carbon and nutrient dynamics

Understanding the ecosystem implications of the angiosperm rise to dominance: leaf litter decomposability among magnoliids and other basal angiosperms

(2014) Guofang Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Soil moisture and soil-litter mixing effects on surface litter decomposition: A controlled environment assessment

(2014) Hanna Lee et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Legacies of native climate regime govern responses of boreal soil microbes to litter stoichiometry and temperature

(2013) Jianwei Li et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Shedding light on plant litter decomposition: advances, implications and new directions in understanding the role of photodegradation

(2012) Jennifer Y. King et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

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

(2012) Marika Makkonen et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Soil–Litter Mixing Accelerates Decomposition in a Chihuahuan Desert Grassland

(2012) Daniel B. Hewins et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Stoichiometric controls of nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in decomposing beech leaf litter

(2011) Maria Mooshammer et al.   ECOLOGY

Soil Coverage Reduces Photodegradation and Promotes the Development of Soil-Microbial Films on Dryland Leaf Litter

(2011) Paul W. Barnes et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Controls of litter quality on the carbon sink in soils through partitioning the products of decomposing litter in a forest succession series in South China

(2011) Yu-Hui Huang et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

A new conceptual model for the fate of lignin in decomposing plant litter

(2010) Thimo Klotzbücher et al.   ECOLOGY

The Role of Photodegradation in Surface Litter Decomposition Across a Grassland Ecosystem Precipitation Gradient

(2010) L. A. Brandt et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Coordinated variation in leaf and root traits across multiple spatial scales in Chinese semi-arid and arid ecosystems

(2010) Guofang Liu et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Leaf dry matter content as a predictor of grassland litter decomposition: a test of the ‘mass ratio hypothesis’

(2010) Robin J. Pakeman et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Nature and nurture in the dynamics of C, N and P during litter decomposition in Canadian forests

(2010) Tim R. Moore et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Dual role of lignin in plant litter decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems

(2010) A. T. Austin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Interaction of position, litter type, and water pulses on decomposition of grasses from the semiarid Patagonian steppe

(2009) Amy T. Austin et al.   ECOLOGY

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

(2009) Claire Fortunel 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

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

Shrub (Prosopis velutina) encroachment in a semidesert grassland: spatial-temporal changes in soil organic carbon and nitrogen pools

(2008) HEATHER L. THROOP 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

Factors influencing leaf litter decomposition: an intersite decomposition experiment across China

(2008) Guoyi Zhou et al.   PLANT AND SOIL