Environmental conditions and litter nutrients are key determinants of soluble C, N, and P release during litter mixture decomposition

Functional diversity of leaf litter mixtures slows decomposition of labile but not recalcitrant carbon over two years

(2020) Jake J. Grossman et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Litter stoichiometric traits have stronger impact on humification than environment conditions in an alpine treeline ecotone

(2020) Yu Zhou et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Labile carbon limits late winter microbial activity near Arctic treeline

(2020) Patrick F. Sullivan et al.   Nature Communications

Litter chemical traits strongly drove the carbon fractions loss during decomposition across an alpine treeline ecotone

(2020) Lifeng Wang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Persistence of dissolved organic matter explained by molecular changes during its passage through soil

(2019) Vanessa-Nina Roth et al.   Nature Geoscience

Impacts of soil fauna on lignin and cellulose degradation in litter decomposition across an alpine forest-tundra ecotone

(2018) Lifeng Wang et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY

Assessing the temporal dynamics of aquatic and terrestrial litter decomposition in an alpine forest

(2018) Kai Yue et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Linking functional diversity and ecosystem processes: A framework for using functional diversity metrics to predict the ecosystem impact of functionally unique species

(2017) Sara E. Kuebbing et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Contrasting mass-ratio vs. niche complementarity effects on litter C and N loss during decomposition along a regional climatic gradient

(2017) Pablo García-Palacios et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

A test of the hierarchical model of litter decomposition

(2017) Mark A. Bradford et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Diversity of leaf litter leachates from temperate forest trees and its consequences for soil microbial activity

(2016) François-Xavier Joly et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Temporal dynamics of biotic and abiotic drivers of litter decomposition

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

Understanding the dominant controls on litter decomposition

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

Formation of soil organic matter via biochemical and physical pathways of litter mass loss

(2015) M. Francesca Cotrufo et al.   Nature Geoscience

Functional dissimilarity across trophic levels as a driver of soil processes in a Mediterranean decomposer system exposed to two moisture levels

(2015) Mathieu Coulis et al.   OIKOS

Determinants of the pathways of litter chemical decomposition in a tropical region

(2014) Scott A. Parsons et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Non-additive effects of mixing different sources of dissolved organic matter on its biodegradation

(2014) Junqiang Zheng et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Empirical evidence that soil carbon formation from plant inputs is positively related to microbial growth

(2013) Mark A. Bradford et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

An experimental test of the hypothesis of non-homeostatic consumer stoichiometry in a plant litter-microbe system

(2013) Nicolas Fanin et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Degradability, molecular weight and adsorption properties of dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen leached from different types of decomposing litter

(2013) Oili Kiikkilä et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

The origin of litter chemical complexity during decomposition

(2012) Kyle Wickings et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Characterization of dissolved organic matter in decomposing Norway spruce and silver birch litter

(2012) O. Kiikkilä et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

The Microbial Efficiency-Matrix Stabilization (MEMS) framework integrates plant litter decomposition with soil organic matter stabilization: do labile plant inputs form stable soil organic matter?

(2012) M. Francesca Cotrufo et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Do physical plant litter traits explain non-additivity in litter mixtures? A test of the improved microenvironmental conditions theory

(2012) Marika Makkonen et al.   OIKOS

Quality of soluble organic C, N, and P produced by different types and species of litter: Root litter versus leaf litter

(2012) Shauna M. Uselman et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Cycling downwards – dissolved organic matter in soils

(2012) Klaus Kaiser et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Litter chemistry changes more rapidly when decomposed at home but converges during decomposition–transformation

(2012) Matthew D. Wallenstein et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Carbon quality rather than stoichiometry controls litter decomposition in a tropical rain forest

(2010) Stephan Hättenschwiler et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Diversity meets decomposition

(2010) Mark O. Gessner et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Chemical Changes During 6 Years of Decomposition of 11 Litters in Some Canadian Forest Sites. Part 1. Elemental Composition, Tannins, Phenolics, and Proximate Fractions

(2009) Caroline M. Preston et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Litter Mixture Interactions at the Level of Plant Functional Types are Additive

(2009) Bart Hoorens et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Production of Total Potentially Soluble Organic C, N, and P Across an Ecosystem Chronosequence: Root versus Leaf Litter

(2008) Shauna M. Uselman et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Contribution of dissolved organic matter to carbon storage in forest mineral soils

(2008) Karsten Kalbitz et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE