Plant secondary metabolites: a key driver of litter decomposition and soil nutrient cycling

Home Field Advantage of Litter Decomposition in Pure and Mixed Plantations Under Boreal Climate

(2015) Mathilde Chomel et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Potential Shift in Plant Communities with Climate Change: Outcome on Litter Decomposition and Nutrient Release in a Mediterranean Oak Forest

(2015) Mathieu Santonja et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Small but active - pool size does not matter for carbon incorporation in below-ground food webs

(2015) Johanna Pausch et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Effects of elevation and nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization on plant defence compounds in subarctic tundra heath vegetation

(2015) Jonathan R. De Long et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Understanding the dominant controls on litter decomposition

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

Effect of mixing herbaceous litter with tree litters on decomposition and N release in boreal plantations

(2015) M. Chomel et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Cascading effects of induced terrestrial plant defences on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem function

(2015) S. L. Jackrel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Current use of and future needs for soil invertebrate functional traits in community ecology

(2014) Benjamin Pey et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Alkaloids: An overview of their antibacterial, antibiotic-enhancing and antivirulence activities

(2014) T.P. Tim Cushnie et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Root Exudation: How Important is Heterogeneity in Allelopathic Interactions?

(2014) Jeffrey D. Weidenhamer et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Flavonoids as Important Molecules of Plant Interactions with the Environment

(2014) Justyna Mierziak et al.   MOLECULES

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 quality and environmental controls of home-field advantage effects on litter decomposition

(2014) G. F. Ciska Veen et al.   OIKOS

Management intensity affects traits of soil microarthropod community in montane spruce forest

(2013) Jitka Farská et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

The epichloae: alkaloid diversity and roles in symbiosis with grasses

(2013) Christopher L Schardl et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

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

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

Volatile communication between plants that affects herbivory: a meta-analysis

(2013) Richard Karban et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Herbivory differentially alters litter dynamics of two functionally contrasted grasses

(2013) Sébastien Ibanez et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Flavonoids: Their Structure, Biosynthesis and Role in the Rhizosphere, Including Allelopathy

(2013) Leslie A. Weston et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Allelochemicals of Pinus halepensis as Drivers of Biodiversity in Mediterranean Open Mosaic Habitats During the Colonization Stage of Secondary Succession

(2013) Catherine Fernandez et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

The impact of secondary compounds and functional characteristics on lichen palatability and decomposition

(2013) Johan Asplund et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Secondary metabolites ofPinus halepensisalter decomposer organisms and litter decomposition during afforestation of abandoned agricultural zones

(2013) Mathilde Chomel et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Divergence of feeding channels within the soil food web determined by ecosystem type

(2013) Felicity V. Crotty et al.   Ecology and Evolution

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

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

Fungal chemical defence alters density-dependent foraging behaviour and success in a fungivorous soil arthropod

(2012) LAURA STÖTEFELD et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

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

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

Ecological metabolomics: overview of current developments and future challenges

(2011) Jordi Sardans et al.   CHEMOECOLOGY

Fungal grass endophytes and arthropod communities: lessons from plant defence theory and multitrophic interactions

(2011) Stanley H. Faeth et al.   Fungal Ecology

The Influence of Condensed Tannin Structure on Rate of Microbial Mineralization and Reactivity to Chemical Assays

(2011) Charlotte E. Norris et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Rainforest litter quality and chemical controls on leaf decomposition with near-infrared spectrometry

(2011) Scott A. Parsons et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

Long-term presence of tree species but not chemical diversity affect litter mixture effects on decomposition in a neotropical rainforest

(2011) Sandra Barantal et al.   OECOLOGIA

The Fungal Fast Lane: Common Mycorrhizal Networks Extend Bioactive Zones of Allelochemicals in Soils

(2011) E. Kathryn Barto et al.   PLoS One

Fungal endophyte infection increases carbon sequestration potential of southeastern USA tall fescue stands

(2011) Javed Iqbal et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The Ontogeny of Plant Defense and Herbivory: Characterizing General Patterns Using Meta‐Analysis

(2010) Kasey E. Barton et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Interspecific variation in leaf litter tannins drives decomposition in a tropical rain forest of French Guiana

(2010) Sylvain Coq et al.   ECOLOGY

Effects of fungal endophytes on grass and non-grass litter decomposition rates

(2010) Witoon Purahong et al.   FUNGAL DIVERSITY

Thorough Study of Reactivity of Various Compound Classes toward the Folin−Ciocalteu Reagent

(2010) Jace D. Everette et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

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

(2010) Stephan Hättenschwiler et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Leaf palatability and decomposability increase during a 200-year-old post-cultural woody succession in New Zealand

(2010) Norman W.H. Mason et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Leaf dry matter content as a predictor of grassland litter decomposition: a test of the ‘mass ratio hypothesis’

(2010) Robin J. Pakeman 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

Traits explain the responses of a sub-arctic Collembola community to climate manipulation

(2010) Marika Makkonen et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Olfactory cues associated with fungal grazing intensity and secondary metabolite pathway modulate Collembola foraging behaviour

(2010) Swantje Staaden et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

A leachate a day keeps the seedlings away: mowing and the inhibitory effects of Festuca paniculata in subalpine grasslands

(2009) Flore Viard-Crétat et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Litter quality and decomposability of species from a Mediterranean succession depend on leaf traits but not on nitrogen supply

(2009) Elena Kazakou et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Leaf traits capture the effects of land use changes and climate on litter decomposability of grasslands across Europe

(2009) Claire Fortunel et al.   ECOLOGY

Chemical quality impacts of tropical forest tree leaf litters on the growth and fecundity of soil Collembola

(2009) Sonalika Das et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY

Plant traits, leaf palatability and litter decomposability for co-occurring woody species differing in invasion status and nitrogen fixation ability

(2009) Hiroko Kurokawa et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Alkaloids may not be responsible for endophyte-associated reductions in tall fescue decomposition rates

(2009) Jacob A. Siegrist et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

In Situ Silicone Tube Microextraction: A New Method for Undisturbed Sampling of Root-exuded Thiophenes from Marigold (Tagetes erecta L.) in Soil

(2009) Brian K. Mohney et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

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

From genes to ecosystems: a synthesis of the effects of plant genetic factors across levels of organization

(2009) J. K. Bailey et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The fate of condensed tannins during litter consumption by soil animals

(2009) Mathieu Coulis et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Home-field advantage accelerates leaf litter decomposition in forests

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

Decomposition of aspen leaf litter results in unique metabolomes when decomposed under different tree species

(2009) Matthew D. Wallenstein et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

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

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

From Genes to Ecosystems: The Genetic Basis of Condensed Tannins and Their Role in Nutrient Regulation in a Populus Model System

(2008) Jennifer A. Schweitzer et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Regeneration failure of Pinus halepensis Mill.: The role of autotoxicity and some abiotic environmental parameters

(2008) Catherine Fernandez et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Litter quality is in the eye of the beholder: initial decomposition rates as a function of inoculum characteristics

(2008) Michael S. Strickland et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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

How do coniferous needle tannins influence C and N transformations in birch humus layer?

(2007) Sanna Kanerva et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY

Caffeic acid affects early growth, and morphogenetic response of hypocotyl cuttings of mung bean (Phaseolus aureus)

(2007) Daizy R. Batish et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY