Interacting Microbe and Litter Quality Controls on Litter Decomposition: A Modeling Analysis

Impact of fine litter chemistry on lignocellulolytic enzyme efficiency during decomposition of maize leaf and root in soil

(2013) Bilal Ahmad Zafar Amin et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Carbon use efficiency of microbial communities: stoichiometry, methodology and modelling

(2013) Robert L. Sinsabaugh et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Calculating co-metabolic costs of lignin decay and their impacts on carbon use efficiency

(2013) Daryl L. Moorhead et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The origin of litter chemical complexity during decomposition

(2012) Kyle Wickings et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The Microbial Efficiency-Matrix Stabilization (MEMS) framework integrates plant litter decomposition with soil organic matter stabilization: do labile plant inputs form stable soil organic matter?

(2012) M. Francesca Cotrufo et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Changes in the Quality of Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter Leached from Senescent Leaf Litter during the Early Decomposition

(2012) Satoshi Nishimura et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Impact of plant cell wall network on biodegradation in soil: Role of lignin composition and phenolic acids in roots from 16 maize genotypes

(2011) Gaylord Erwan Machinet et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Soil organic matter quality as a link between microbial community structure and vegetation composition along a successional gradient in a boreal forest

(2010) Päivi Merilä et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

The effects of substrate composition, quantity, and diversity on microbial activity

(2010) Daniel L. Hernández et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Chemical Changes During 6 Years of Decomposition of 11 Litters in Some Canadian Forest Sites. Part 2. 13C Abundance, Solid-State 13C NMR Spectroscopy and the Meaning of “Lignin”

(2009) Caroline M. Preston et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Decomposition in soil and chemical changes of maize roots with genetic variations affecting cell wall quality

(2009) G. E. Machinet et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Contrasting effects of glucose, living roots and maize straw on microbial growth kinetics and substrate availability in soil

(2009) E. V. Blagodatskaya et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Soil biodegradation of maize root residues: Interaction between chemical characteristics and the presence of colonizing micro-organisms

(2009) Gaylord Erwan Machinet et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization: Theory and models across scales

(2009) Stefano Manzoni et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Influence of non-cellulose structural carbohydrate composition on plant material decomposition in soil

(2008) Sophie Gunnarsson et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Soil decomposition of wheat internodes of different maturity stages: Relative impact of the soluble and structural fractions

(2008) Isabelle Bertrand et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Cell wall fermentation kinetics are impacted more by lignin content and ferulate cross-linking than by lignin composition

(2008) John H Grabber et al.   JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

The relationship between rates of lignin and cellulose decay in aboveground forest litter

(2008) John Herman et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY