Trends in leaf traits, litter dynamics and associated nutrient cycling along a secondary successional chronosequence of semi-evergreen tropical forest in South-Eastern Mexico

Are litterfall and litter decomposition processes indicators of forest regeneration in the neotropics? Insights from a case study in the Brazilian Amazon

(2018) Wully Barreto da Silva et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Determinants of litter decomposition rates in a tropical forest: functional traits, phylogeny and ecological succession

(2017) Piotr Szefer et al.   OIKOS

Environmental filtering, local site factors and landscape context drive changes in functional trait composition during tropical forest succession

(2017) Vanessa K. Boukili et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Responses of microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen to experimental warming: A meta-analysis

(2017) Wenfang Xu et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Exotic or not, leaf trait dissimilarity modulates the effect of dominant species on mixed litter decomposition

(2016) Genevieve E. Finerty et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Carbon and nutrient fluxes through litterfall at four succession stages of Caatinga dry forest in Northeastern Brazil

(2016) Patrícia M. Moura et al.   NUTRIENT CYCLING IN AGROECOSYSTEMS

Foliar nutrient resorption constrains soil nutrient transformations under two native oak species in a temperate deciduous forest in Mexico

(2015) Bruno M. Chávez-Vergara et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

A deteriorating state of affairs: How endogenous and exogenous factors determine plant decay rates

(2015) Amy E. Zanne et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Successional and seasonal variation in litterfall and associated nutrient transfer in semi-evergreen tropical forests of SE Mexico

(2015) Deb Raj Aryal et al.   NUTRIENT CYCLING IN AGROECOSYSTEMS

Conversion of tropical lowland forest reduces nutrient return through litterfall, and alters nutrient use efficiency and seasonality of net primary production

(2015) Martyna M. Kotowska et al.   OECOLOGIA

Functional Trait Strategies of Trees in Dry and Wet Tropical Forests Are Similar but Differ in Their Consequences for Succession

(2015) Madelon Lohbeck et al.   PLoS One

Carbon stocks and changes in tropical secondary forests of southern Mexico

(2014) Deb R. Aryal et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Seasonal patterns of litterfall in forest ecosystem worldwide

(2014) Haicheng Zhang et al.   Ecological Complexity

Global relationship of wood and leaf litter decomposability: the role of functional traits within and across plant organs

(2014) Katherina A. Pietsch et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes

(2014) I. Tanya Handa et al.   NATURE

New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

(2013) N. Pérez-Harguindeguy et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Patterns of litterfall and nutrient return at different altitudes in evergreen hardwood forests of Central Taiwan

(2012) Shu-Wei Lu et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

Are functional traits and litter decomposability coordinated across leaves, twigs and wood? A test using temperate rainforest tree species

(2012) Benjamin G. Jackson et al.   OIKOS

Fate of organic carbon during decomposition of different litter types in Japan

(2011) Kenji Ono et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

A plant economics spectrum of litter decomposability

(2011) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Spatial distribution and development of soils in tropical karst areas from the Peninsula of Yucatan, Mexico

(2011) Francisco Bautista et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

When will litter mixtures decompose faster or slower than individual litters? A model for two litters

(2011) S. Linnea Berglund et al.   OIKOS

Functional diversity changes during tropical forest succession

(2011) Madelon Lohbeck et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Leaf economics traits predict litter decomposition of tropical plants and differ among land use types

(2010) Maartje Anne Bakker et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Mechanisms of age-related changes in forest production: the influence of physiological and successional changes

(2010) J. E. DRAKE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Experimental investigation of the importance of litterfall in lowland semi-evergreen tropical forest nutrient cycling

(2010) Emma J. Sayer et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Rainfall drives leaf traits and leaf nutrient resorption in a tropical dry forest in Mexico

(2010) Lyliana Y. Rentería et al.   OECOLOGIA

Litter quality and decomposability of species from a Mediterranean succession depend on leaf traits but not on nitrogen supply

(2009) Elena Kazakou et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Carbon cycling and net ecosystem production at an early stage of secondary succession in an abandoned coppice forest

(2009) Toshiyuki Ohtsuka et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH

A paradox of leaf-trait convergence: why is leaf nitrogen concentration higher in species with higher photosynthetic capacity?

(2009) Kouki Hikosaka et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH

Litterfall and Decomposition in Relation to Soil Carbon Pools Along a Secondary Forest Chronosequence in Puerto Rico

(2008) Rebecca Ostertag et al.   ECOSYSTEMS