Land-use and soil depth affect resource and microbial stoichiometry in a tropical mountain rainforest region of southern Ecuador

Extracellular enzyme activities in a tropical mountain rainforest region of southern Ecuador affected by low soil P status and land-use change

(2013) Alexander Tischer et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

An experimental test of the hypothesis of non-homeostatic consumer stoichiometry in a plant litter-microbe system

(2013) Nicolas Fanin et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

In an Ecuadorian pasture soil the growth of Setaria sphacelata, but not of soil microorganisms, is co-limited by N and P

(2012) Karin Potthast et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Nutrient stocks and phosphorus fractions in mountain soils of Southern Ecuador after conversion of forest to pasture

(2012) Ute Hamer et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Global resorption efficiencies and concentrations of carbon and nutrients in leaves of terrestrial plants

(2012) Leonardus Vergutz et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

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

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

Cutin and suberin biomarkers as tracers for the turnover of shoot and root derived organic matter along a chronosequence of Ecuadorian pasture soils

(2012) U. Hamer et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

A global analysis of soil microbial biomass carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in terrestrial ecosystems

(2012) Xiaofeng Xu et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Stoichiometric flexibility as a regulator of carbon and nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems under change

(2012) Seeta A. Sistla et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Tropical Andean Forests Are Highly Susceptible to Nutrient Inputs—Rapid Effects of Experimental N and P Addition to an Ecuadorian Montane Forest

(2012) Jürgen Homeier et al.   PLoS One

Optimization of Biomass Composition Explains Microbial Growth-Stoichiometry Relationships

(2011) Oskar Franklin et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Land-use change in a tropical mountain rainforest region of southern Ecuador affects soil microorganisms and nutrient cycling

(2011) Karin Potthast et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

SOM genesis: microbial biomass as a significant source

(2011) Anja Miltner et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Growth of saprotrophic fungi and bacteria in soil

(2011) Johannes Rousk et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Microbial substrate preference and community dynamics during decomposition of Acer saccharum

(2011) Zachary L. Rinkes et al.   Fungal Ecology

Microbial growth rate measurements reveal that land-use abandonment promotes a fungal dominance of SOM decomposition in grazed Mediterranean ecosystems

(2010) Luis Lopez-Sangil et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Plant species richness, identity and productivity differentially influence key groups of microbes in grassland soils of contrasting fertility

(2010) G. B. De Deyn et al.   Biology Letters

Stoichiometric controls on carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus dynamics in decomposing litter

(2010) Stefano Manzoni et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Elevation effects on the carbon budget of tropical mountain forests (S Ecuador): the role of the belowground compartment

(2010) GERALD MOSER et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Production of extracellular enzymes and degradation of biopolymers by saprotrophic microfungi from the upper layers of forest soil

(2010) Petr Baldrian et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Considering fungal:bacterial dominance in soils – Methods, controls, and ecosystem implications

(2010) Michael S. Strickland et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Growth of Tropical Bracken (Pteridium arachnoideum): Response to Weather Variations and Burning

(2010) Kristin Roos et al.   Invasive Plant Science and Management

Pattern and variation of C:N:P ratios in China’s soils: a synthesis of observational data

(2009) Hanqin Tian et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Tree Diversity, Forest Structure and Productivity along Altitudinal and Topographical Gradients in a Species-Rich Ecuadorian Montane Rain Forest

(2009) Jürgen Homeier et al.   BIOTROPICA

Land‐cover classification in the Andes of southern Ecuador using Landsat ETM+ data as a basis for SVAT modelling

(2009) D. Göttlicher et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING

Searching for unifying principles in soil ecology

(2009) Noah Fierer et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Soil community changes during secondary succession to naturalized grasslands

(2008) Ardhini R. Maharning et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

N : P ratios influence litter decomposition and colonization by fungi and bacteria in microcosms

(2008) Sabine Güsewell et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Labile and recalcitrant plant fractions are utilised by distinct microbial communities in soil: Independent of the presence of roots and mycorrhizal fungi

(2008) Eric Paterson et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The influence of soil properties on the structure of bacterial and fungal communities across land-use types

(2008) Christian L. Lauber et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Proxy global assessment of land degradation

(2008) Z. G. Bai et al.   SOIL USE AND MANAGEMENT