Litter chemical structure is more important than species richness in affecting soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics including gas emissions from an alpine soil

Potential short-term effects of yak and Tibetan sheep dung on greenhouse gas emissions in two alpine grassland soils under laboratory conditions

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Influence of source and quality of plant residues on emissions of N2O and CO2 from a fertile, acidic Black Vertisol

(2013) Nazma Begum et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Climate change reduces the net sink of CH4and N2O in a semiarid grassland

(2013) Feike A. Dijkstra et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Litter species traits, but not richness, contribute to carbon and nitrogen dynamics in an alpine meadow on the Tibetan Plateau

(2013) Jing Jiang et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Responses of Soil CO2 Fluxes to Short-Term Experimental Warming in Alpine Steppe Ecosystem, Northern Tibet

(2013) Xuyang Lu et al.   PLoS One

Leaf Litter Mixtures Alter Microbial Community Development: Mechanisms for Non-Additive Effects in Litter Decomposition

(2013) Samantha K. Chapman et al.   PLoS One

Decomposition of roots and shoots of perennial grasses and annual barley—separately or in two residue mixes

(2012) Andong Shi et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Non-additive effect of species diversity and temperature sensitivity of mixed litter decomposition in the alpine meadow on Tibetan Plateau

(2012) Jichuang Duan et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Interactions among lignin, cellulose, and nitrogen drive litter chemistry–decay relationships

(2011) Jennifer M. Talbot et al.   ECOLOGY

Nitrogen transformations in boreal forest soils—does composition of plant secondary compounds give any explanations?

(2011) Aino Smolander et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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

Dynamics of alpine grassland NPP and its response to climate change in Northern Tibet

(2009) Qingzhu Gao et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Biodiversity at the plant–soil interface: microbial abundance and community structure respond to litter mixing

(2009) Samantha K. Chapman et al.   OECOLOGIA

Effects of litter addition and warming on soil carbon, nutrient pools and microbial communities in a subarctic heath ecosystem

(2008) Riikka Rinnan et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

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

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

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