The effects of climate on decomposition of cattle, sheep and goat manure in Kenyan tropical pastures

Altered leaf litter quality exacerbates the negative impact of climate change on decomposition

(2019) Iván Prieto et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Nitrogen, lignin, C/N as important regulators of gross nitrogen release and immobilization during litter decomposition in a temperate forest ecosystem

(2019) Guangting Pei et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Herbivore dung quality affects plant community diversity

(2019) Elena Valdés-Correcher et al.   Scientific Reports

Molecular insights into the inhibitory effect of nitrogen fertilization on manure decomposition

(2019) Zengming Chen et al.   GEODERMA

Influence of soil properties on N2O and CO2 emissions from excreta deposited on tropical pastures in Kenya

(2019) Yuhao Zhu et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The microbial nitrogen-cycling network

(2018) Marcel M. M. Kuypers et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Greenhouse gas emissions from dung, urine and dairy pond sludge applied to pasture. 1. Nitrous oxide emissions

(2018) G. N. Ward et al.   Animal Production Science

Effect of dung quantity and quality on greenhouse gas fluxes from tropical pastures in Kenya

(2018) Yuhao Zhu et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Effects of livestock grazing on grassland carbon storage and release override impacts associated with global climate change

(2018) Guiyao Zhou et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Litter quality control of decomposition of leaves, twigs, and sapwood by the white-rot fungus Trametes versicolor

(2017) Takuya Hishinuma et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY

Dominant effects of organic carbon chemistry on decomposition dynamics of crop residues in a Mollisol

(2017) Yehong Xu et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Temporal dynamics of biotic and abiotic drivers of litter decomposition

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

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

(2016) Daniel Gliksman et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Methane and Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Cattle Excreta on an East African Grassland

(2016) D.E. Pelster et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Productivity of North American grasslands is increased under future climate scenarios despite rising aridity

(2016) Koen Hufkens et al.   Nature Climate Change

Towards sustainability in agro-forest systems? Grazing intensity, soil degradation and the socioeconomic profile of rural communities in Italy

(2015) Luca Salvati et al.   ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

The application of ecological stoichiometry to plant–microbial–soil organic matter transformations

(2015) Sophie Zechmeister-Boltenstern et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Microbial composition alters the response of litter decomposition to environmental change

(2015) Kristin L. Matulich et al.   ECOLOGY

Disentangling the Litter Quality and Soil Microbial Contribution to Leaf and Fine Root Litter Decomposition Responses to Reduced Rainfall

(2015) Pablo García-Palacios et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Understanding the dominant controls on litter decomposition

(2015) Mark A. Bradford et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Non-linear dynamics of litter decomposition under different grazing management regimes

(2015) Natalia Banegas et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Study type and plant litter identity modulating the response of litter decomposition to warming, elevated CO2, and elevated O3: A meta-analysis

(2015) Kai Yue et al.   Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

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

(2015) Kathryn Jacobson et al.   PLoS One

Effects of selected soil and water conservation techniques on runoff, sediment yield and maize productivity under sub-humid and semi-arid conditions in Kenya

(2014) K.F. Ngetich et al.   CATENA

Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes

(2014) I. Tanya Handa et al.   NATURE

Litter quality and environmental controls of home-field advantage effects on litter decomposition

(2014) G. F. Ciska Veen et al.   OIKOS

Aridity threshold in controlling ecosystem nitrogen cycling in arid and semi-arid grasslands

(2014) Chao Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Climate change adaptation in mixed crop–livestock systems in developing countries

(2014) Philip K. Thornton et al.   Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment

Global soil carbon projections are improved by modelling microbial processes

(2013) William R. Wieder et al.   Nature Climate Change

Composting and vermicomposting of cattle manure and green wastes under tropical conditions: carbon and nutrient balances and end-product quality

(2013) J. Sierra et al.   Soil Research

Microbial abundance and composition influence litter decomposition response to environmental change

(2012) Steven D. Allison et al.   ECOLOGY

Responses of ecosystem carbon cycle to experimental warming: a meta-analysis

(2012) Meng Lu et al.   ECOLOGY

Influence of litter chemistry and stoichiometry on glucan depolymerization during decomposition of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) litter

(2012) Sonja Leitner et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Home field advantage of cattle manure decomposition affects the apparent nitrogen recovery in production grasslands

(2012) Muhammad Imtiaz Rashid et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Carbon storage in terrestrial ecosystems: do browsing and grazing herbivores matter?

(2011) Andrew J. Tanentzap et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Temperature and soil organic matter decomposition rates - synthesis of current knowledge and a way forward

(2011) Richard T. Conant et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The spatial coverage of dairy cattle urine patches in an intensively grazed pasture system

(2011) J. L. MOIR et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE

Effects of storage methods on chemical composition of manure and manure decomposition in soil in small-scale Kenyan systems

(2010) H.A. Markewich et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Effects of microclimate, litter type, and mesh size on leaf litter decomposition along an elevation gradient in the Wuyi Mountains, China

(2010) Shaojun Wang et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Linking carbon and nitrogen mineralization with microbial responses to substrate availability — the DECONIT model

(2009) Arjan M. G. de Bruijn et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Effects of soil microarthropods on plant litter decomposition across an elevation gradient in the Wuyi Mountains

(2009) Shaojun Wang et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Home-field advantage accelerates leaf litter decomposition in forests

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

Soil-Atmosphere Exchange of N2O and NO in Near-Natural Savanna and Agricultural Land in Burkina Faso (W. Africa)

(2008) Christian Brümmer et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Litter quality is in the eye of the beholder: initial decomposition rates as a function of inoculum characteristics

(2008) Michael S. Strickland et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Global decomposition experiment shows soil animal impacts on decomposition are climate-dependent

(2008) DIANA H. WALL et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Differences in soil enzyme activities, microbial community structure and short-term nitrogen mineralisation resulting from farm management history and organic matter amendments

(2007) Christine H. Stark et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY