The impact of invertebrate decomposers on plants and soil

Carbon flux and forest dynamics: Increased deadwood decomposition in tropical rainforest tree‐fall canopy gaps

(2021) Hannah M. Griffiths et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

(2021) Chao Guo et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Habitat‐specific effects of bark on wood decomposition: Influences of fragmentation, nitrogen concentration and microbial community composition

(2020) Jennifer M. Jones et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Release of coarse woody detritus-related carbon: a synthesis across forest biomes

(2020) Mark E. Harmon et al.   Carbon Balance and Management

Terrestrial Isopods Porcellio scaber and Oniscus asellus (Crustacea: Isopoda) Increase Bacterial Abundance and Modify Microbial Community Structure in Leaf Litter Microcosms: a Short-Term Decomposition Study

(2020) Lauren E. Des Marteaux et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Functional collembolan assemblages induce different plant responses in Lolium perenne

(2020) Bruna R. Winck et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

A trait-based understanding of wood decomposition by fungi

(2020) Nicky Lustenhouwer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

On the Three Major Recycling Pathways in Terrestrial Ecosystems

(2020) Juli G. Pausas et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Prospects of Using Termite Mound Soil Organic Amendment for Enhancing Soil Nutrition in Southern Africa

(2020) Kafula Chisanga et al.   Plants-Basel

Blind spots in global soil biodiversity and ecosystem function research

(2020) Carlos A. Guerra et al.   Nature Communications

Effects of terrestrial isopods on soil nutrients during litter decomposition

(2020) Xi Yang et al.   GEODERMA

Clarifying Terrestrial Recycling Pathways

(2020) Tom R. Bishop et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Earthworm gut: An overlooked niche for anaerobic ammonium oxidation in agricultural soil

(2020) Hu Li et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Bioturbation by endogeic earthworms facilitates entomopathogenic nematode movement toward herbivore-damaged maize roots

(2020) Sandrine Fattore et al.   Scientific Reports

Termites mitigate the effects of drought in tropical rainforest

(2019) L. A. Ashton et al.   SCIENCE

Advances in Microclimate Ecology Arising from Remote Sensing

(2019) Florian Zellweger et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Soil Macroinvertebrate Presence Alters Microbial Community Composition and Activity in the Rhizosphere

(2019) Natalie Bray et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Termites can decompose more than half of deadwood in tropical rainforest

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

Drought decreases incorporation of recent plant photosynthate into soil food webs regardless of their trophic complexity

(2019) Mathilde Chomel et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Multifunctional cellulase enzymes are ancestral in Polyneoptera

(2019) M. Shelomi et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Peroxidase evolution in white-rot fungi follows wood lignin evolution in plants

(2019) Iván Ayuso-Fernández et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The global soil community and its influence on biogeochemistry

(2019) T. W. Crowther et al.   SCIENCE

Challenges and Opportunities for Soil Biodiversity in the Anthropocene

(2019) Stefan Geisen et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Logging of rainforest and conversion to oil palm reduces bioturbator diversity but not levels of bioturbation

(2019) Jiri Tuma et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Mixed evolutionary origins of endogenous biomass-depolymerizing enzymes in animals

(2018) Wai Hoong Chang et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Tree leaf and root traits mediate soil faunal contribution to litter decomposition across an elevational gradient

(2018) Saori Fujii et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Litter conversion into detritivore faeces reshuffles the quality control over C and N dynamics during decomposition

(2018) François-Xavier Joly et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Decomposer diversity increases biomass production and shifts aboveground-belowground biomass allocation of common wheat

(2018) Nico Eisenhauer et al.   Scientific Reports

Earthworms affect plant growth and resistance against herbivores: A meta-analysis

(2017) Zhenggao Xiao et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

A test of the hierarchical model of litter decomposition

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

Modelling the influence of ectomycorrhizal decomposition on plant nutrition and soil carbon sequestration in boreal forest ecosystems

(2016) Preetisri Baskaran et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Termites as Targets and Models for Biotechnology

(2015) Michael E. Scharf   Annual Review of Entomology

Lignocellulose degradation mechanisms across the Tree of Life

(2015) Simon M Cragg et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

Understanding the dominant controls on litter decomposition

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

The contentious nature of soil organic matter

(2015) Johannes Lehmann et al.   NATURE

Termite mounds differ in their importance for herbivores across savanna types, seasons and spatial scales

(2015) Andrew B. Davies et al.   OIKOS

Variable effects of termite mounds on African savanna grass communities across a rainfall gradient

(2014) Andrew B. Davies et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes

(2014) I. Tanya Handa et al.   NATURE

The role of litter-feeding macroarthropods in decomposition processes: A reappraisal of common views

(2014) J.F. David   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Earthworms increase plant production: a meta-analysis

(2014) Jan Willem van Groenigen et al.   Scientific Reports

Climate and litter quality differently modulate the effects of soil fauna on litter decomposition across biomes

(2013) Pablo García-Palacios et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Highly consistent effects of plant litter identity and functional traits on decomposition across a latitudinal gradient

(2012) Marika Makkonen et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Ants and termites increase crop yield in a dry climate

(2011) Theodore A. Evans et al.   Nature Communications

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

(2009) Diane S. Srivastava et al.   ECOLOGY

Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide

(2008) William K. Cornwell et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

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