Leaf Nutrients and Macroinvertebrates Control Litter Mixing Effects on Decomposition in Temperate Streams

Contrasting responses of bacterial and fungal communities to plant litter diversity in a Mediterranean oak forest

(2018) Mathieu Santonja et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Macroinvertebrate identity mediates the effects of litter quality and microbial conditioning on leaf litter recycling in temperate streams

(2018) Mathieu Santonja et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Leaf litter diversity and structure of microbial decomposer communities modulate litter decomposition in aquatic systems

(2017) Fabienne Santschi et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Global synthesis of the temperature sensitivity of leaf litter breakdown in streams and rivers

(2017) Jennifer J. Follstad Shah et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Contrasting mass-ratio vs. niche complementarity effects on litter C and N loss during decomposition along a regional climatic gradient

(2017) Pablo García-Palacios et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

No evidence for leaf-trait dissimilarity effects on litter decomposition, fungal decomposers, and nutrient dynamics

(2015) André Frainer et al.   ECOLOGY

Potential Shift in Plant Communities with Climate Change: Outcome on Litter Decomposition and Nutrient Release in a Mediterranean Oak Forest

(2015) Mathieu Santonja et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

The importance of litter traits and decomposers for litter decomposition: a comparison of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems within and across biomes

(2015) Pablo García-Palacios et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Climate change effects on litter decomposition: intensive drought leads to a strong decrease of litter mixture interactions

(2015) Mathieu Santonja et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Biodiversity and litter decomposition: a case study in a Mediterranean stream

(2015) Jérémy Jabiol et al.   Freshwater Science

Biodiversity and litter decomposition: a case study in a Mediterranean stream

(2015) Jérémy Jabiol et al.   Freshwater Science

Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes

(2014) I. Tanya Handa et al.   NATURE

Litter identity mediates predator impacts on the functioning of an aquatic detritus-based food web

(2014) Jérémy Jabiol et al.   OECOLOGIA

Litter decomposition in a temperate and a tropical stream: the effects of species mixing, litter quality and shredders

(2013) Andreas Bruder et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Effect of leaf litter characteristics on leaf conditioning and on consumption byGammarus pulex

(2013) Natacha Foucreau et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Trophic complexity enhances ecosystem functioning in an aquatic detritus-based model system

(2013) Jérémy Jabiol et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Leaf litter quality drives litter mixing effects through complementary resource use among detritivores

(2013) Veronique C. A. Vos et al.   OECOLOGIA

Highly consistent effects of plant litter identity and functional traits on decomposition across a latitudinal gradient

(2012) Marika Makkonen et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Positive effect of shredders on microbial biomass and decomposition in stream microcosms

(2012) VERÓNICA DÍAZ VILLANUEVA et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Connecting litter quality, microbial community and nitrogen transfer mechanisms in decomposing litter mixtures

(2012) Dennis Lummer et al.   OIKOS

Effects of litter diversity on decomposition and biological colonization of submerged litter in temperate and tropical streams

(2012) Verónica Ferreira et al.   Freshwater Science

The functional role of producer diversity in ecosystems

(2011) Bradley J. Cardinale et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Nitrification is linked to dominant leaf traits rather than functional diversity

(2011) Daniel C. Laughlin   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Leaf litter recycling in benthic and hyporheic layers in agricultural streams with different types of land use

(2011) Christophe Piscart et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Consumer presence and resource diversity independently induce stability of ecosystem function in a Piedmont stream

(2011) Christopher M. Swan   Ecosphere

Incubation time, functional litter diversity, and habitat characteristics predict litter-mixing effects on decomposition

(2010) Antoine Lecerf et al.   ECOLOGY

A review of the influence of low ambient calcium concentrations on freshwater daphniids, gammarids, and crayfish

(2010) Allegra Cairns et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS

Diversity meets decomposition

(2010) Mark O. Gessner et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Diversity has stronger top-down than bottom-up effects on decomposition

(2009) Diane S. Srivastava et al.   ECOLOGY

Functional leaf traits and biodiversity effects on litter decomposition in a stream

(2009) Markus H. Schindler et al.   ECOLOGY

Leaf diversity influences in-stream litter decomposition through effects on shredders

(2009) ISIS SANPERA-CALBET et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

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

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

Effects of intense agricultural practices on heterotrophic processes in streams

(2008) Christophe Piscart et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Functional identity is more important than diversity in influencing ecosystem processes in a temperate native grassland

(2008) Karel Mokany et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Shredder fecal pellets as stores of allochthonous organic matter in streams

(2008) Paul Joyce et al.   JOURNAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN BENTHOLOGICAL SOCIETY