Plant Species Rather Than Climate Greatly Alters the Temporal Pattern of Litter Chemical Composition During Long-Term Decomposition

Determinants of the pathways of litter chemical decomposition in a tropical region

(2014) Scott A. Parsons et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Chemical and carbon isotopic dynamics of grass organic matter during litter decompositions: A litterbag experiment

(2014) Guoan Wang et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Plant litter effects on soil nutrient availability and vegetation dynamics: changes that occur when annual grasses invade shrub-steppe communities

(2014) Sheel Bansal et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

The roles of microorganisms in litter decomposition and soil formation

(2013) Satoru Hobara et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Climate and litter quality differently modulate the effects of soil fauna on litter decomposition across biomes

(2013) Pablo García-Palacios et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Dynamics and speciation of organic carbon during decomposition of leaf litter and fine roots in four subtropical plantations of China

(2013) Hui Wang et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Plant residue chemistry impacts soil processes and microbial community structure: A study with Arabidopsis thaliana cell wall mutants

(2012) Shamim Gul et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

The origin of litter chemical complexity during decomposition

(2012) Kyle Wickings et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Structural Convergence of Maize and Wheat Straw during Two-Year Decomposition under Different Climate Conditions

(2012) Xiaoyue Wang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Chemistry of decomposing mulching materials and the effect on soil carbon dynamics under a Phyllostachys praecox bamboo stand

(2012) Yan Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS

Decomposition of black locust and black pine leaf litter in two coeval forest stands on Mount Vesuvius and dynamics of organic components assessed through proximate analysis and NMR spectroscopy

(2012) Anna De Marco et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Litter chemistry changes more rapidly when decomposed at home but converges during decomposition–transformation

(2012) Matthew D. Wallenstein et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Litter quality assessed by solid state 13C NMR spectroscopy predicts decay rate better than C/N and Lignin/N ratios

(2012) Giuliano Bonanomi et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Persistence of soil organic matter as an ecosystem property

(2011) Michael W. I. Schmidt et al.   NATURE

Phytotoxicity, not nitrogen immobilization, explains plant litter inhibitory effects: evidence from solid-state 13C NMR spectroscopy

(2011) Giuliano Bonanomi et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Characterization of humic substances by advanced solid state NMR spectroscopy: Demonstration of a systematic approach

(2011) Jingdong Mao et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

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

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

Cross-biome transplants of plant litter show decomposition models extend to a broader climatic range but lose predictability at the decadal time scale

(2009) W. S. CURRIE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Searching for unifying principles in soil ecology

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

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

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

Long-term patterns of mass loss during the decomposition of leaf and fine root litter: an intersite comparison

(2008) MARK E. HARMON et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY