Leaf litter decomposition in urban forests: test of the home-field advantage hypothesis

Nitrogen and carbon export from urban areas through removal and export of litterfall

(2015) Pamela H. Templer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Environmental control over seasonal variation in carbon fluxes of an urban temperate forest ecosystem

(2015) Jing Xie et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

A comparative study of urban expansion in Beijing, Tianjin and Shijiazhuang over the past three decades

(2015) Wenjia Wu et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Urbanization effects on leaf litter decomposition, foliar nutrient dynamics and aboveground net primary productivity in the subtropics

(2015) Heather A. Enloe et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Exploring the relationship between urbanization and the eco-environment—A case study of Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region

(2014) ShaoJian Wang et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Managing urban nutrient biogeochemistry for sustainable urbanization

(2014) Tao Lin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Influence of Different Forest System Management Practices on Leaf Litter Decomposition Rates, Nutrient Dynamics and the Activity of Ligninolytic Enzymes: A Case Study from Central European Forests

(2014) Witoon Purahong et al.   PLoS One

Surface urban heat island in China's 32 major cities: Spatial patterns and drivers

(2014) Decheng Zhou et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Vegetative litter decomposition along urban ephemeral streams in Southeastern Arizona

(2014) Amy M. Hutmacher et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Atmospheric nitrogen inputs and losses along an urbanization gradient from Boston to Harvard Forest, MA

(2013) Preeti Rao et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Decomposition of tree leaf litter on pavement: implications for urban water quality

(2013) Sarah E. Hobbie et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Field and remotely sensed measures of soil and vegetation carbon and nitrogen across an urbanization gradient in the Boston metropolitan area

(2013) Preeti Rao et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Species richness in urban parks and its drivers: A review of empirical evidence

(2013) Anders Busse Nielsen et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

A Meta-analysis of Climatic and Chemical Controls on Leaf Litter Decay Rates in Tropical Forests

(2012) Bonnie G. Waring   ECOSYSTEMS

Tree Species Effect on Litter Decomposition and Nutrient Release in Mediterranean Oak Forests Changes Over Time

(2012) Cristina Aponte et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Soil respiration in a mixed urban forest in China in relation to soil temperature and water content

(2012) Wenjing Chen et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY

Experimental litterfall manipulation drives large and rapid changes in soil carbon cycling in a wet tropical forest

(2012) Jonathan W. Leff et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Runoff and sediment modeling in a peri-urban artificial landscape: Case study of Olympic Forest Park in Beijing

(2012) Xiaofeng Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

Global forecasts of urban expansion to 2030 and direct impacts on biodiversity and carbon pools

(2012) K. C. Seto et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Lack of home-field advantage in the decomposition of leaf litter in the Atlantic Rainforest of Brazil

(2011) Urs Christian Gießelmann et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Coupling biogeochemical cycles in urban environments: ecosystem services, green solutions, and misconceptions

(2011) Diane E Pataki et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

All size classes of soil fauna and litter quality control the acceleration of litter decay in its home environment

(2011) Alexandru Milcu et al.   OIKOS

No ‘home’ versus ‘away’ effects of decomposition found in a grassland–forest reciprocal litter transplant study

(2011) Mark G. St. John et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Effects of phosphorus addition on soil microbial biomass and community composition in three forest types in tropical China

(2011) Lei Liu et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Urbanization-related changes in European aspen (Populus tremula L.): Leaf traits and litter decomposition

(2010) Suvi Nikula et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

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

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

Decomposition of labile and recalcitrant litter types under different plant communities in urban soils

(2010) Saara Vauramo et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Soil biota accelerate decomposition in high-elevation forests by specializing in the breakdown of litter produced by the plant species above them

(2009) Edward Ayres et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Home-field advantage accelerates leaf litter decomposition in forests

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

Beyond Urban Legends: An Emerging Framework of Urban Ecology, as Illustrated by the Baltimore Ecosystem Study

(2008) Steward T. A. Pickett et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Rates of litter decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems: global patterns and controlling factors

(2008) Deqiang Zhang et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Relative effect of litter quality, forest type and their interaction on leaf decomposition in south-east Brazilian forests

(2008) Camila de Toledo Castanho et al.   JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY

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

Global Change and the Ecology of Cities

(2008) N. B. Grimm et al.   SCIENCE