Litter composition rather than plant presence affects decomposition of tropical litter mixtures

Interspecific variation in leaf litter tannins drives decomposition in a tropical rain forest of French Guiana

(2010) Sylvain Coq et al.   ECOLOGY

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

(2010) Stephan Hättenschwiler et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Chemical composition and diversity influence non-additive effects of litter mixtures on soil carbon and nitrogen cycling: Implications for plant species loss

(2010) Courtney L. Meier et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The addition of labile carbon alters litter fungal communities and decreases litter decomposition rates

(2009) N.I. Chigineva et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Regulation and function of root exudates

(2009) DAYAKAR V. BADRI et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Home-field advantage accelerates leaf litter decomposition in forests

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

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

Impact of severe dry season on net ecosystem exchange in the Neotropical rainforest of French Guiana

(2008) DAMIEN BONAL et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Tree species identity alters forest litter decomposition through long-term plant and soil interactions in Patagonia, Argentina

(2008) Lucía Vivanco et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Consequences of non-random species loss for decomposition dynamics: experimental evidence for additive and non-additive effects

(2008) Becky A. Ball et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Belowground and aboveground consequences of interactions between live plant species mixtures and dead organic substrate mixtures

(2008) Marie-Charlotte Nilsson et al.   OIKOS

Species-specific characteristics of trees can determine the litter macroinvertebrate community and decomposition process below their canopies

(2008) Simoneta Negrete-Yankelevich et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Links between plant litter chemistry, species diversity, and below-ground ecosystem function

(2008) C. L. Meier et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Litter type, but not plant cover, regulates initial litter decomposition and fungal community structure in a recolonising cutover peatland

(2008) Clare J. Trinder et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY