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

Photodegradation alleviates the lignin bottleneck for carbon turnover in terrestrial ecosystems

(2016) Amy T. Austin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ultraviolet photodegradation facilitates microbial litter decomposition in a Mediterranean climate

(2015) Nameer R. Baker et al.   ECOLOGY

Resilience vs. historical contingency in microbial responses to environmental change

(2015) Christine V. Hawkes et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The interaction between abiotic photodegradation and microbial decomposition under ultraviolet radiation

(2015) Jing Wang et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Understanding the dominant controls on litter decomposition

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

Ecological interpretations of nitrogen isotope ratios of terrestrial plants and soils

(2015) Joseph M. Craine et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

The dominant role of semi-arid ecosystems in the trend and variability of the land CO2 sink

(2015) A. Ahlstrom et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2015) Kathryn Jacobson et al.   PLoS One

Wood morphology and properties from molecular perspectives

(2014) Lennart Salmén   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

Contribution of semi-arid ecosystems to interannual variability of the global carbon cycle

(2014) Benjamin Poulter et al.   NATURE

The role of UV-B radiation and precipitation on straw decomposition and topsoil C turnover

(2014) Shurong Liu et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Climate change alters ecological strategies of soil bacteria

(2013) Sarah E. Evans et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Earlier summer drought affects leaf functioning of the Mediterranean species Cistus monspeliensis L.

(2013) Giovanbattista Domenico de Dato et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Direct and Indirect Effects of UV-B Exposure on Litter Decomposition: A Meta-Analysis

(2013) Xinzhang Song et al.   PLoS One

No photodegradation of litter and humus exposed to UV-B radiation under laboratory conditions: No effect of leaf senescence or drying temperature

(2013) S.M. Lambie et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

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

(2012) Jennifer Y. King et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Evaluating litter decomposition in earth system models with long-term litterbag experiments: an example using the Community Land Model version 4 (CLM4)

(2012) Gordon B. Bonan et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The Amazon basin in transition

(2012) Eric A. Davidson et al.   NATURE

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

(2011) Hanna Lee et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

UVB exposure does not accelerate rates of litter decomposition in a semi-arid riparian ecosystem

(2011) Shauna M. Uselman et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

No UV enhancement of litter decomposition observed on dry samples under controlled laboratory conditions

(2011) Miko U.F. Kirschbaum et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Modelling photodegradation in the global carbon cycle

(2011) Bente Foereid et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

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

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

Assimilation exceeds respiration sensitivity to drought: A FLUXNET synthesis

(2009) CHRISTOPHER R. SCHWALM et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Photochemically induced carbon dioxide production as a mechanism for carbon loss from plant litter in arid ecosystems

(2009) L. A. Brandt et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Effect of vegetation type and growth stage on dewfall, determined with high precision weighing lysimeters at a site in northern Germany

(2009) H. Xiao et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

Photoacceleration of plant litter decomposition in an arid environment

(2009) Marcy E. Gallo et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Consequences of More Extreme Precipitation Regimes for Terrestrial Ecosystems

(2008) Alan K. Knapp et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Litter Decomposition in a California Annual Grassland: Interactions Between Photodegradation and Litter Layer Thickness

(2008) Hugh A. L. Henry et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Large annual net ecosystem CO2uptake of a Mojave Desert ecosystem

(2008) GEORG WOHLFAHRT et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from soil and litter samples

(2008) Jonathan W. Leff et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY