Non-rainfall Moisture: A Key Driver of Microbial Respiration from Standing Litter in Arid, Semiarid, and Mesic Grasslands

Thermal abiotic emission of CO 2 and CH 4 from leaf litter and its significance in a photodegradation assessment

(2019) Thomas A. Day et al.   Ecosphere

The value of wet leaves

(2018) Todd E. Dawson et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Higher rates of decomposition in standing vs. surface litter in a Mediterranean ecosystem during the dry and the wet seasons

(2018) Daniel Gliksman et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Short-term facilitation of microbial litter decomposition by ultraviolet radiation

(2018) Yang Lin et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Desert leaf litter decay: Coupling of microbial respiration, water-soluble fractions and photodegradation

(2018) Thomas A. Day et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The biology of fog: results from coastal Maine and Namib Desert reveal common drivers of fog microbial composition

(2018) Sarah E. Evans et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

High night-time humidity and dissolved organic carbon content support rapid decomposition of standing litter in a semi-arid landscape

(2017) Jing Wang et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Accounting for photodegradation dramatically improves prediction of carbon losses in dryland systems

(2017) E. Carol Adair et al.   Ecosphere

Nonrainfall water origins and formation mechanisms

(2017) Kudzai Farai Kaseke et al.   Science Advances

Partitioning of non rainfall water input regulated by soil cover type

(2016) O. Uclés et al.   CATENA

Biotic degradation at night, abiotic degradation at day: positive feedbacks on litter decomposition in drylands

(2016) Daniel Gliksman et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Projected climate change impacts upon dew yield in the Mediterranean basin

(2016) M. Tomaszkiewicz et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Using litter chemistry controls on microbial processes to partition litter carbon fluxes with the Litter Decomposition and Leaching (LIDEL) model

(2016) Eleanor E. Campbell et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Effects of non-rainfall water inputs on ecosystem functions

(2016) Lixin Wang et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water

Ultraviolet photodegradation facilitates microbial litter decomposition in a Mediterranean climate

(2015) Nameer R. Baker et al.   ECOLOGY

Projections of rapidly rising surface temperatures over Africa under low mitigation

(2015) Francois Engelbrecht et al.   Environmental Research Letters

A novel method to continuously monitor litter moisture – A microcosm-based experiment

(2015) Lixin Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Reconsidering Leaf Wetness Duration Determination for Plant Disease Management

(2015) Tracy Rowlandson et al.   PLANT DISEASE

Climate change may reduce litter decomposition while enhancing the contribution of photodegradation in dry perennial Mediterranean grasslands

(2015) María Almagro et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Water from air: an overlooked source of moisture in arid and semiarid regions

(2015) Theresa A. McHugh et al.   Scientific Reports

Non-Rainfall Moisture Activates Fungal Decomposition of Surface Litter in the Namib Sand Sea

(2015) Kathryn Jacobson et al.   PLoS One

Foggy days and dry nights determine crown-level water balance in a seasonal tropical montane cloud forest

(2013) SYBIL G. GOTSCH et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Shedding light on plant litter decomposition: advances, implications and new directions in understanding the role of photodegradation

(2012) Jennifer Y. King et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Fungi in hot and cold deserts with particular reference to microcolonial fungi

(2012) Katja Sterflinger et al.   Fungal Ecology

The nature of moisture at Gobabeb, in the central Namib Desert

(2012) F.D. Eckardt et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Long-term experimental loss of foundation species: consequences for dynamics at ecotones across heterogeneous landscapes

(2012) Debra P. C. Peters et al.   Ecosphere

Soil Coverage Reduces Photodegradation and Promotes the Development of Soil-Microbial Films on Dryland Leaf Litter

(2011) Paul W. Barnes et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Will the southern African west coast fog be affected by future climate change? Results of an initial fog projection using a regional climate model

(2011) Andreas Haensler et al.   Erdkunde

An accounting of C-based trace gas release during abiotic plant litter degradation

(2011) Hanna Lee et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Efficient fog harvesting by Stipagrostis sabulicola (Namib dune bushman grass)

(2011) M. Ebner et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Seasonal and episodic moisture controls on plant and microbial contributions to soil respiration

(2011) Mariah S. Carbone et al.   OECOLOGIA

The Role of Photodegradation in Surface Litter Decomposition Across a Grassland Ecosystem Precipitation Gradient

(2010) L. A. Brandt et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Atmospheric water vapor as driver of litter decomposition in Mediterranean shrubland and grassland during rainless seasons

(2010) INGA DIRKS et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Does light exposure make plant litter more degradable?

(2010) Bente Foereid et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Cross-biome transplants of plant litter show decomposition models extend to a broader climatic range but lose predictability at the decadal time scale

(2009) W. S. CURRIE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Moisture availability influences the effect of ultraviolet-B radiation on leaf litter decomposition

(2009) W. KOLBY SMITH et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Reappraisal of drying and wetting effects on C and N mineralization and fluxes in soils

(2008) WERNER BORKEN et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Suitability of relative humidity as an estimator of leaf wetness duration

(2007) Paulo C. Sentelhas et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Ecophysiology of atmospheric moisture in the Namib Desert

(2007) Joh R. Henschel et al.   ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH

Aboveground decomposition in arid environments: Results of a long-term study in central New Mexico

(2007) K.L. Vanderbilt et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS