Extreme climate events can slow down litter breakdown in streams

Seasonal variations overwhelm temperature effects on microbial processes in headwater streams: insights from a temperate thermal spring

(2019) Alice Gossiaux et al.   AQUATIC SCIENCES

A global analysis of terrestrial plant litter dynamics in non-perennial waterways

(2018) T. Datry et al.   Nature Geoscience

Plant litter dynamics in the forest-stream interface: precipitation is a major control across tropical biomes

(2017) Alan M. Tonin et al.   Scientific Reports

What caused the recent “Warm Arctic, Cold Continents” trend pattern in winter temperatures?

(2016) Lantao Sun et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Biotic and abiotic variables influencing plant litter breakdown in streams: a global study

(2016) Luz Boyero et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Effects of climate extremes on the terrestrial carbon cycle: concepts, processes and potential future impacts

(2015) Dorothea Frank et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Sources of and processes controlling CO 2 emissions change with the size of streams and rivers

(2015) E. R. Hotchkiss et al.   Nature Geoscience

Plant species richness and shrub cover attenuate drought effects on ecosystem functioning across Patagonian rangelands

(2014) J. J. Gaitan et al.   Biology Letters

Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes

(2014) I. Tanya Handa et al.   NATURE

Temperature affects leaf litter decomposition in low-order forest streams: field and microcosm approaches

(2013) Aingeru Martínez et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Freshwater biodiversity and conservation in mediterranean climate streams of Chile

(2013) Ricardo Figueroa et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Global carbon dioxide emissions from inland waters

(2013) Peter A. Raymond et al.   NATURE

Continental-Scale Effects of Nutrient Pollution on Stream Ecosystem Functioning

(2012) G. Woodward et al.   SCIENCE

A decade of weather extremes

(2012) Dim Coumou et al.   Nature Climate Change

Drought-induced forest decline: causes, scope and implications

(2011) J. Martinez-Vilalta et al.   Biology Letters

Global distribution of a key trophic guild contrasts with common latitudinal diversity patterns

(2011) Luz Boyero et al.   ECOLOGY

A global experiment suggests climate warming will not accelerate litter decomposition in streams but might reduce carbon sequestration

(2011) Luz Boyero et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Global patterns of stream detritivore distribution: implications for biodiversity loss in changing climates

(2011) Luz Boyero et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

The ecological role of climate extremes: current understanding and future prospects

(2011) Melinda D. Smith   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Climate extremes initiate ecosystem-regulating functions while maintaining productivity

(2011) Anke Jentsch et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Interspecific variation in leaf litter tannins drives decomposition in a tropical rain forest of French Guiana

(2010) Sylvain Coq et al.   ECOLOGY

Organic matter inputs into headwater streams of southwestern British Columbia as a function of riparian reserves and time since harvesting

(2010) Peter M. Kiffney et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

The Impact of Climate Change on the World's Marine Ecosystems

(2010) O. Hoegh-Guldberg et al.   SCIENCE

The boundless carbon cycle

(2009) Tom J. Battin et al.   Nature Geoscience

The 2007 Eastern US Spring Freeze: Increased Cold Damage in a Warming World?

(2008) Lianhong Gu et al.   BIOSCIENCE