Controls over leaf litter decomposition in a mixed evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved forest, Central China

Root functional parameters predict fine root decomposability at the community level

(2016) Iván Prieto et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Foliar litter decomposition in an alpine forest meta-ecosystem on the eastern Tibetan Plateau

(2016) Kai Yue et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Mixing litter from deciduous and evergreen trees enhances decomposition in a subtropical karst forest in southwestern China

(2016) Changcheng Liu et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Vegetation exerts a greater control on litter decomposition than climate warming in peatlands

(2015) Susan E. Ward et al.   ECOLOGY

Effects of Calcium on the Rate and Extent of Litter Decomposition in a Northern Hardwood Forest

(2015) Gary M. Lovett et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Late stage pine litter decomposition: Relationship to litter N, Mn, and acid unhydrolyzable residue (AUR) concentrations and climatic factors

(2015) B. Berg et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

The importance of litter traits and decomposers for litter decomposition: a comparison of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems within and across biomes

(2015) Pablo García-Palacios et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Edaphic controls on soil organic carbon stocks in restored grasslands

(2015) Sarah L. O'Brien et al.   GEODERMA

Decomposition of beech ( Fagus sylvatica ) and pine ( Pinus nigra ) litter along an Alpine elevation gradient: Decay and nutrient release

(2015) Torsten W. Berger et al.   GEODERMA

Understanding the dominant controls on litter decomposition

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

A deteriorating state of affairs: How endogenous and exogenous factors determine plant decay rates

(2015) Amy E. Zanne et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Isolating the effects of precipitation, soil conditions, and litter quality on leaf litter decomposition in lowland tropical forests

(2015) Sarah E. Dale et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Plant species effects on nutrient cycling: revisiting litter feedbacks

(2015) Sarah E. Hobbie   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Study type and plant litter identity modulating the response of litter decomposition to warming, elevated CO2, and elevated O3: A meta-analysis

(2015) Kai Yue et al.   Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

Global relationship of wood and leaf litter decomposability: the role of functional traits within and across plant organs

(2014) Katherina A. Pietsch et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Understanding the ecosystem implications of the angiosperm rise to dominance: leaf litter decomposability among magnoliids and other basal angiosperms

(2014) Guofang Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Decomposition patterns for foliar litter – A theory for influencing factors

(2014) Björn Berg   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Using commonality analysis in multiple regressions: a tool to decompose regression effects in the face of multicollinearity

(2014) Jayanti Ray-Mukherjee et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Climate fails to predict wood decomposition at regional scales

(2014) Mark A. Bradford et al.   Nature Climate Change

New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

(2013) N. Pérez-Harguindeguy et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Carbon storage in Chinese terrestrial ecosystems: approaching a more accurate estimate

(2013) Jian Ni   CLIMATIC CHANGE

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

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

Short-term dynamic shifts in woody plants in a montane mixed evergreen and deciduous broadleaved forest in central China

(2013) Jielin Ge et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Linking litter decomposition of above- and below-ground organs to plant-soil feedbacks worldwide

(2013) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Warming effects and plant trait control on the early-decomposition in alpine snowbeds

(2013) Michele Carbognani et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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

(2012) Marika Makkonen et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A Meta-analysis of Climatic and Chemical Controls on Leaf Litter Decay Rates in Tropical Forests

(2012) Bonnie G. Waring   ECOSYSTEMS

Large Rainfall Pulses Control Litter Decomposition in a Tropical Dry Forest: Evidence from an 8-Year Study

(2012) Carlos A. Anaya et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Nutrient and Carbon Limitation on Decomposition in an Amazonian Moist Forest

(2012) Sandra Barantal et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Analytical models of soil and litter decomposition: Solutions for mass loss and time-dependent decay rates

(2012) Stefano Manzoni et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Relationships among net primary productivity, nutrients and climate in tropical rain forest: a pan-tropical analysis

(2011) Cory C. Cleveland et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Decomposition and nitrogen transformation rates in a temperate grassland vary among co-occurring plant species

(2011) Yui Osanai et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Macro- and micronutrient effects on decomposition of leaf litter from two tropical tree species: inferences from a short-term laboratory incubation

(2011) Jennifer S. Powers et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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

(2010) Cindy E. Prescott   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

The sensitivity of tropical leaf litter decomposition to temperature: results from a large-scale leaf translocation experiment along an elevation gradient in Peruvian forests

(2010) N. Salinas et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Leaf traits and decomposition in tropical rainforests: revisiting some commonly held views and towards a new hypothesis

(2010) Stephan Hättenschwiler et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Drought-Induced Reduction in Global Terrestrial Net Primary Production from 2000 Through 2009

(2010) M. Zhao et al.   SCIENCE

Can Growth Form Classification Predict Litter Nutrient Dynamics and Decomposition Rates in Lowland Wet Forest?

(2009) Louis S. Santiago   BIOTROPICA

Controls over leaf litter decomposition in wet tropical forests

(2009) William R. Wieder et al.   ECOLOGY

Cross-biome transplants of plant litter show decomposition models extend to a broader climatic range but lose predictability at the decadal time scale

(2009) W. S. CURRIE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Decomposition in tropical forests: a pan-tropical study of the effects of litter type, litter placement and mesofaunal exclusion across a precipitation gradient

(2009) Jennifer S. Powers et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

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

Controls on long-term root and leaf litter decomposition in neotropical forests

(2008) DANIELA F. CUSACK et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

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

Factors influencing leaf litter decomposition: an intersite decomposition experiment across China

(2008) Guoyi Zhou et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Factors regulating litter mass loss and lignin degradation in late decomposition stages

(2008) Amalia Virzo De Santo et al.   PLANT AND SOIL