Tree leaf and root traits mediate soil faunal contribution to litter decomposition across an elevational gradient

Succession of soil microarthropod communities during the aboveground and belowground litter decomposition processes

(2017) Saori Fujii et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Climate masks decomposer influence in a cross-site litter decomposition study

(2017) Ashley D. Keiser et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Temporal dynamics of biotic and abiotic drivers of litter decomposition

(2016) Pablo García-Palacios et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Disentangling relationships between plant diversity and decomposition processes under forest restoration

(2016) Saori Fujii et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Aboveground litter quality is a better predictor than belowground microbial communities when estimating carbon mineralization along a land-use gradient

(2016) Nicolas Fanin et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Functional redundancy of multiple forest taxa along an elevational gradient: predicting the consequences of non-random species loss

(2015) Akira S. Mori et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Understanding the dominant controls on litter decomposition

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

Termites amplify the effects of wood traits on decomposition rates among multiple bamboo and dicot woody species

(2015) Guofang Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Plant species control and soil faunal involvement in the processes of above- and below-ground litter decomposition

(2015) Saori Fujii et al.   OIKOS

A stronger coordination of litter decomposability between leaves and fine roots for woody species in a warmer region

(2015) Saori Fujii et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

The world-wide ‘fast-slow’ plant economics spectrum: a traits manifesto

(2014) Peter B. Reich   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes

(2014) I. Tanya Handa et al.   NATURE

Community and Ecosystem Responses to Elevational Gradients: Processes, Mechanisms, and Insights for Global Change

(2013) Maja K. Sundqvist et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

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

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

Community assembly processes shape an altitudinal gradient of forest biodiversity

(2013) Akira S Mori et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

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

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

Home-Field Advantage: A matter of interaction between litter biochemistry and decomposer biota

(2013) Gabriel Perez et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Global resorption efficiencies and concentrations of carbon and nutrients in leaves of terrestrial plants

(2012) Leonardus Vergutz et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

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

(2012) Marika Makkonen et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Succession of collembolan communities during decomposition of leaf and root litter: Effects of litter type and position

(2012) Saori Fujii et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

A general and simple method for obtainingR2from generalized linear mixed-effects models

(2012) Shinichi Nakagawa et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Climate change and community disassembly: impacts of warming on tropical and temperate montane community structure

(2011) Kimberly S. Sheldon et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A plant economics spectrum of litter decomposability

(2011) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Global patterns of mobile carbon stores in trees at the high-elevation tree line

(2011) Günter Hoch et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

All size classes of soil fauna and litter quality control the acceleration of litter decay in its home environment

(2011) Alexandru Milcu et al.   OIKOS

Within- and Across-Species Responses of Plant Traits and Litter Decomposition to Elevation across Contrasting Vegetation Types in Subarctic Tundra

(2011) Maja K. Sundqvist et al.   PLoS One

Rapid Range Shifts of Species Associated with High Levels of Climate Warming

(2011) I.-C. Chen et al.   SCIENCE

Earthworm and microbe response to litter and soils of tropical forest plantations with contrasting C:N:P stoichiometric ratios

(2011) R. Marichal et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Soil fauna alter the effects of litter composition on nitrogen cycling in a mineral soil

(2011) Yolima Carrillo et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Effects of microclimate, litter type, and mesh size on leaf litter decomposition along an elevation gradient in the Wuyi Mountains, China

(2010) Shaojun Wang et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

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

(2010) Sylvain Coq et al.   ECOLOGY

Turning northern peatlands upside down: disentangling microclimate and substrate quality effects on vertical distribution of Collembola

(2010) Eveline J. Krab et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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

(2010) Stephan Hättenschwiler et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

Substantial nutrient resorption from leaves, stems and roots in a subarctic flora: what is the link with other resource economics traits?

(2010) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Predicting species distribution and abundance responses to climate change: why it is essential to include biotic interactions across trophic levels

(2010) W. H. Van der Putten et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Dominant effects of litter substrate quality on the difference between leaf and root decomposition process above- and belowground

(2010) Saori Fujii et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Priming effects: Interactions between living and dead organic matter

(2010) Yakov Kuzyakov   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The role of microarthropods in terrestrial decomposition: a meta-analysis of 40 years of litterbag studies

(2009) Christian Kampichler et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Adapt or disperse: understanding species persistence in a changing world

(2009) MATTY P. BERG et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Evidence of the ‘plant economics spectrum’ in a subarctic flora

(2009) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Plant litter quality influences the contribution of soil fauna to litter decomposition in humid tropical forests, southwestern China

(2009) Xiaodong Yang et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Effects of soil microarthropods on plant litter decomposition across an elevation gradient in the Wuyi Mountains

(2009) Shaojun Wang et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Generalized linear mixed models: a practical guide for ecology and evolution

(2009) Benjamin M. Bolker et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Detritivory: stoichiometry of a neglected trophic level

(2008) Holly M. Martinson et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

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

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

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

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