Dynamic feedbacks among tree functional traits, termite populations and deadwood turnover

Termites can decompose more than half of deadwood in tropical rainforest

(2019) Hannah M. Griffiths et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Invertebrate phenology modulates the effect of the leaf economics spectrum on litter decomposition rate across 41 subtropical woody plant species

(2019) Chao Guo et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Is there a tree economics spectrum of decomposability?

(2018) Juan Zuo et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

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

Bark coverage and insects influence wood decomposition: Direct and indirect effects

(2016) Michael D. Ulyshen et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Termites amplify the effects of wood traits on decomposition rates among multiple bamboo and dicot woody species

(2015) Guofang Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Food Web Structure in Temporally-Forced Ecosystems

(2015) Bailey C. McMeans et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Plant community composition determines the strength of top-down control in a soil food web motif

(2015) Madhav Prakash Thakur et al.   Scientific Reports

Wood decomposition as influenced by invertebrates

(2014) Michael D. Ulyshen   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

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

‘Trophic whales’ as biotic buffers: weak interactions stabilize ecosystems against nutrient enrichment

(2014) Florian Schwarzmüller et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes

(2014) I. Tanya Handa et al.   NATURE

Diversity of macro-detritivores in dead wood is influenced by tree species, decay stage and environment

(2014) Juan Zuo et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Controls on Coarse Wood Decay in Temperate Tree Species: Birth of the LOGLIFE Experiment

(2012) Johannes H. C. Cornelissen et al.   AMBIO

A general and simple method for obtainingR2from generalized linear mixed-effects models

(2012) Shinichi Nakagawa et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

A plant economics spectrum of litter decomposability

(2011) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Microbial responses to a changing environment: implications for the future functioning of terrestrial ecosystems

(2011) Donald R. Zak et al.   Fungal Ecology

Measuring wood specific gravity…Correctly

(2010) G. Bruce Williamson et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

The arcsine is asinine: the analysis of proportions in ecology

(2010) David I. Warton et al.   ECOLOGY

Bottom-up effects of plant diversity on multitrophic interactions in a biodiversity experiment

(2010) Christoph Scherber et al.   NATURE

Dual role of lignin in plant litter decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems

(2010) A. T. Austin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2009) Diane S. Srivastava et al.   ECOLOGY

Plant species loss decreases arthropod diversity and shifts trophic structure

(2009) Nick M. Haddad et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

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