Accurate forest projections require long‐term wood decay experiments because plant trait effects change through time

Decomposition of coarse woody debris in a long-term litter manipulation experiment: A focus on nutrient availability

(2018) Evan M. Gora et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Traits drive global wood decomposition rates more than climate

(2018) Zhenhong Hu et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

When a tree falls: Controls on wood decay predict standing dead tree fall and new risks in changing forests

(2018) Brad Oberle et al.   PLoS One

Wood decay rates of 13 temperate tree species in relation to wood properties, enzyme activities and organismic diversities

(2017) Tiemo Kahl et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Can short-term litter-bag measurements predict long-term decomposition in northern forests?

(2017) Tim R. Moore et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

A test of the hierarchical model of litter decomposition

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Direct estimates of downslope deadwood movement over 30 years in a temperature forest illustrate impacts of treefall on forest ecosystem dynamics

(2016) Brad Oberle et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Temporal dynamics of biotic and abiotic drivers of litter decomposition

(2016) Pablo García-Palacios et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

When does intraspecific trait variation contribute to functional beta-diversity?

(2016) Marko J. Spasojevic et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Soil attributes and microclimate are important drivers of initial deadwood decay in sub-alpine Norway spruce forests

(2016) Giulia Fravolini et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Neglected role of fungal community composition in explaining variation in wood decay rates

(2015) A. van der Wal et al.   ECOLOGY

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

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

Progressive, idiosyncratic changes in wood hardness during decay: Implications for dead wood inventory and cycling

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(2014) Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

Climate fails to predict wood decomposition at regional scales

(2014) Mark A. Bradford et al.   Nature Climate Change

Ontogenetic trait variation influences tree community assembly across environmental gradients

(2014) Marko J. Spasojevic et al.   Ecosphere

Persistent reduced ecosystem respiration after insect disturbance in high elevation forests

(2013) David J. P. Moore et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Carbon concentration of standing and downed woody detritus: Effects of tree taxa, decay class, position, and tissue type

(2013) Mark E. Harmon et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Effect of wood density and water permeability on wood decomposition rates of 32 Bornean rainforest trees

(2013) Sanae Mori et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Cascading impacts of bark beetle-caused tree mortality on coupled biogeophysical and biogeochemical processes

(2012) Steven L Edburg et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Interspecific differences in wood decay rates: insights from a new short-term method to study long-term wood decomposition

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A Large and Persistent Carbon Sink in the World's Forests

(2011) Y. Pan et al.   SCIENCE

Single-pool exponential decomposition models: potential pitfalls in their use in ecological studies

(2010) E. Carol Adair et al.   ECOLOGY

Assembly history dictates ecosystem functioning: evidence from wood decomposer communities

(2010) Tadashi Fukami et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Modeling decay rates of dead wood in a neotropical forest

(2010) Bruno Hérault et al.   OECOLOGIA

Plant traits and wood fates across the globe: rotted, burned, or consumed?

(2009) WILLIAM K. CORNWELL et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

How to evaluate models: Observed vs. predicted or predicted vs. observed?

(2008) Gervasio Piñeiro et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Global meta-analysis of wood decomposition rates: a role for trait variation among tree species?

(2008) James T. Weedon et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Simple three-pool model accurately describes patterns of long-term litter decomposition in diverse climates

(2008) E. CAROL ADAIR et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY