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

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

(2016) Daniel Gliksman et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

A new conceptual model on the fate and controls of fresh and pyrolized plant litter decomposition

(2015) Jennifer L. Soong et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

The interaction between abiotic photodegradation and microbial decomposition under ultraviolet radiation

(2015) Jing Wang et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

A novel method to continuously monitor litter moisture – A microcosm-based experiment

(2015) Lixin Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Formation of soil organic matter via biochemical and physical pathways of litter mass loss

(2015) M. Francesca Cotrufo et al.   Nature Geoscience

Solar ultraviolet radiation and ozone depletion-driven climate change: effects on terrestrial ecosystems

(2015) J. F. Bornman et al.   PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Decomposition of 51 semidesert species from wide-ranging phylogeny is faster in standing and sand-buried than in surface leaf litters: implications for carbon and nutrient dynamics

(2015) Guofang Liu et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Water from air: an overlooked source of moisture in arid and semiarid regions

(2015) Theresa A. McHugh et al.   Scientific Reports

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

(2015) Kathryn Jacobson et al.   PLoS One

Herbivores and nutrients control grassland plant diversity via light limitation

(2014) Elizabeth T. Borer et al.   NATURE

Soil moisture and soil-litter mixing effects on surface litter decomposition: A controlled environment assessment

(2014) Hanna Lee et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Effects of UV Exposure and Litter Position on Decomposition in a California Grassland

(2013) Yang Lin et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

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

(2012) Jennifer Y. King et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

The Microbial Efficiency-Matrix Stabilization (MEMS) framework integrates plant litter decomposition with soil organic matter stabilization: do labile plant inputs form stable soil organic matter?

(2012) M. Francesca Cotrufo et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The fate of glucose, a low molecular weight compound of root exudates, in the belowground foodweb of forests and pastures

(2012) Michael S. Strickland et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Cycling downwards – dissolved organic matter in soils

(2012) Klaus Kaiser et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The effect of lignin photodegradation on decomposability of Calamagrostis epigeios grass litter

(2011) Jan Frouz et al.   BIODEGRADATION

Soil Coverage Reduces Photodegradation and Promotes the Development of Soil-Microbial Films on Dryland Leaf Litter

(2011) Paul W. Barnes et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Dew water isotopic ratios and their relationships to ecosystem water pools and fluxes in a cropland and a grassland in China

(2011) Xue-Fa Wen et al.   OECOLOGIA

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

(2011) Shauna M. Uselman 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

Labile soil carbon inputs mediate the soil microbial community composition and plant residue decomposition rates

(2010) Marie-Anne de Graaff et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Competition for Light Causes Plant Biodiversity Loss After Eutrophication

(2009) Y. Hautier et al.   SCIENCE

Fluorescence characteristics and biodegradability of dissolved organic matter in forest and wetland soils from coastal temperate watersheds in southeast Alaska

(2008) Jason B. Fellman et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY