Litter diversity accelerates labile carbon but slows recalcitrant carbon decomposition

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

(2021) Lifeng Wang et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

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

Diversity-decomposition relationships in forests worldwide

(2020) Liang Kou et al.   eLife

Causal hypotheses accounting for correlations between decomposition rates of different mass fractions of leaf litter

(2020) Bill Shipley et al.   ECOLOGY

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

Decomposition time, chemical traits and climatic factors determine litter-mixing effects on decomposition in an alpine steppe ecosystem in Northern Tibet

(2019) Youchao Chen et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Tree species diversity affects decomposition through modified micro-environmental conditions across European forests

(2017) François-Xavier Joly et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Leaf litter mixtures and neighbour effects: Low-nitrogen and high-lignin species increase decomposition rate of high-nitrogen and low-lignin neighbours

(2014) A. Cuchietti et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes

(2014) I. Tanya Handa et al.   NATURE

The relationship between functional dispersion of mixed-species leaf litter mixtures and species' interactions during decomposition

(2014) Antoine Tardif et al.   OIKOS

C, N and P fertilization in an Amazonian rainforest supports stoichiometric dissimilarity as a driver of litter diversity effects on decomposition

(2014) S. Barantal et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Litter mixture effects on decomposition in tropical montane rainforests vary strongly with time and turn negative at later stages of decay

(2014) Olaf Butenschoen et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Leaf litter quality drives litter mixing effects through complementary resource use among detritivores

(2013) Veronique C. A. Vos et al.   OECOLOGIA

Time and litter species composition affect litter-mixing effects on decomposition rates

(2013) Dongdong Wu et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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

Interactions among lignin, cellulose, and nitrogen drive litter chemistry–decay relationships

(2011) Jennifer M. Talbot et al.   ECOLOGY

Context dependency of litter-mixing effects on decomposition and nutrient release across a long-term chronosequence

(2010) Micael Jonsson et al.   OIKOS

Nature and nurture in the dynamics of C, N and P during litter decomposition in Canadian forests

(2010) Tim R. Moore et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Diversity meets decomposition

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