Leaf litter decomposition in the air should not be ignored in subtropical plantations of China

Differential responses of litter decomposition in the air and on the soil surface to shrub encroachment in a graminoid-dominated temperate wetland

(2021) Xinhou Zhang et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus stoichiometry controls interspecific patterns of leaf litter-derived dissolved organic matter biodegradation in subtropical plantations of China

(2021) PP Wu et al.   iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry

Home‐field advantage of litter decomposition: from the phyllosphere to the soil

(2021) Nicolas Fanin et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

Home‐field advantage of litter decomposition differs between leaves and fine roots

(2020) Dunmei Lin et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Leaf Nutrients and Macroinvertebrates Control Litter Mixing Effects on Decomposition in Temperate Streams

(2019) Mathieu Santonja et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

The importance of macro- and micro-nutrients over climate for leaf litter decomposition and nutrient release in Patagonian temperate forests

(2019) Lucía Vivanco et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Non-rainfall Moisture: A Key Driver of Microbial Respiration from Standing Litter in Arid, Semiarid, and Mesic Grasslands

(2019) Sarah Evans et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Are leaf litter and microbes team players? Interpreting home-field advantage decomposition dynamics

(2018) Julia E. Palozzi et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Leaf litter decay rates differ between mycorrhizal groups in temperate, but not tropical, forests

(2018) Adrienne B. Keller et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Fungi participate in driving home-field advantage of litter decomposition in a subtropical forest

(2018) Dunmei Lin et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

High night-time humidity and dissolved organic carbon content support rapid decomposition of standing litter in a semi-arid landscape

(2017) Jing Wang et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Short-term leaching dynamics of three peatland plant species reveals how shifts in plant communities may affect decomposition processes

(2017) Rosa Del Giudice et al.   GEODERMA

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

Nitrogen addition enhances home-field advantage during litter decomposition in subtropical forest plantations

(2015) Zaipeng Yu et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Litter type control on soil C and N stabilization dynamics in a temperate forest

(2014) Pierre-Joseph Hatton et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

There's no place like home? An exploration of the mechanisms behind plant litter-decomposer affinity in terrestrial ecosystems

(2014) Amy T. Austin et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Litter mass loss and nutrient dynamics of four emergent macrophytes during aerial decomposition in freshwater marshes of the Sanjiang plain, Northeast China

(2014) Xinhou Zhang et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Litterfall interception by understorey vegetation delayed litter decomposition in Cinnamomum camphora plantation forest

(2013) Xingbing He et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Home-field advantage of litter decomposition and nitrogen release in forest ecosystems

(2012) Qingkui Wang et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Litter quality assessed by solid state 13C NMR spectroscopy predicts decay rate better than C/N and Lignin/N ratios

(2012) Giuliano Bonanomi et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

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

(2011) Hanna Lee et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Litter decomposition: what controls it and how can we alter it to sequester more carbon in forest soils?

(2010) Cindy E. Prescott   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Soil biota accelerate decomposition in high-elevation forests by specializing in the breakdown of litter produced by the plant species above them

(2009) Edward Ayres et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Home-field advantage accelerates leaf litter decomposition in forests

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

Tree species identity alters forest litter decomposition through long-term plant and soil interactions in Patagonia, Argentina

(2008) Lucía Vivanco et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Rates of litter decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems: global patterns and controlling factors

(2008) Deqiang Zhang et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology