Decoupling the direct and indirect effects of climate on plant litter decomposition: Accounting for stress-induced modifications in plant chemistry

Changes in nutrient concentrations of leaves and roots in response to global change factors

(2017) Jordi Sardans et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Plant litter chemistry alters the content and composition of organic carbon associated with soil mineral and aggregate fractions in invaded ecosystems

(2017) Mioko Tamura et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Plant traits, stoichiometry and microbes as drivers of decomposition in the rhizosphere in a temperate grassland

(2017) Yolima Carrillo et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

An improved butanol-HCl assay for quantification of water-soluble, acetone:methanol-soluble, and insoluble proanthocyanidins (condensed tannins)

(2017) Philip-Edouard Shay et al.   Plant Methods

Warming and elevated CO2 alter the suberin chemistry in roots of photosynthetically divergent grass species

(2017) Vidya Suseela et al.   AoB Plants

Climate Influences the Content and Chemical Composition of Foliar Tannins in Green and Senesced Tissues of Quercus rubra

(2017) Sara M. Top et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

An integrated spectroscopic and wet chemical approach to investigate grass litter decomposition chemistry

(2016) Georgina A. McKee et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Impact of drought stress on growth and quality of miscanthus for biofuel production

(2016) Tim van der Weijde et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Variations in soil carbon sequestration and their determinants along a precipitation gradient in seasonally dry tropical forest ecosystems

(2016) Julio Campo et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Pushing precipitation to the extremes in distributed experiments: recommendations for simulating wet and dry years

(2016) Alan K. Knapp et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The fate of cutin and suberin of decaying leaves, needles and roots – Inferences from the initial decomposition of bound fatty acids

(2016) Gerrit Angst et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Warming and ozone exposure effects on silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) leaf litter quality, microbial growth and decomposition

(2016) Anne Kasurinen et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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

Current Understanding of the Correlation of Lignin Structure with Biomass Recalcitrance

(2016) Mi Li et al.   Frontiers in Chemistry

Monolignol ferulate conjugates are naturally incorporated into plant lignins

(2016) S. D. Karlen et al.   Science Advances

The cell biology of lignification in higher plants

(2015) Jaime Barros et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

The chemistry of some foliar litters and their sequential proximate analysis fractions

(2015) Caroline M. Preston et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Catalytic kinetics and activation energy of soil peroxidases across ecosystems of differing lignin chemistries

(2015) Daniella J. Triebwasser-Freese et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Patterns and Mechanisms of Nutrient Resorption in Plants

(2015) Amber N. Brant et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN PLANT SCIENCES

Interactions of polyphenols with carbohydrates, lipids and proteins

(2015) Lidija Jakobek   FOOD CHEMISTRY

Plant-soil interactions regulate the identity of soil carbon in invaded ecosystems: implication for legacy effects

(2015) Vidya Suseela et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Warming and drought differentially influence the production and resorption of elemental and metabolic nitrogen pools inQuercus rubra

(2015) Vidya Suseela et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Water Stress Alters Lignin Content and Related Gene Expression in Two Sugarcane Genotypes

(2015) Adriana Brombini dos Santos et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

1H–13C HSQC NMR Spectroscopy for Estimating Procyanidin/Prodelphinidin and cis/trans-Flavan-3-ol Ratios of Condensed Tannin Samples: Correlation with Thiolysis

(2015) Wayne E. Zeller et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Warming differentially influences the effects of drought on stoichiometry and metabolomics in shoots and roots

(2015) Albert Gargallo-Garriga et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Condensed tannins increase nitrogen recovery by trees following insect defoliation

(2015) Michael D. Madritch et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Recognizing cross-ecosystem responses to changing temperatures: soil warming impacts pelagic food webs

(2015) Samuel B. Fey et al.   OIKOS

Decoupling of nitrogen and phosphorus in terrestrial plants associated with global changes

(2015) Z. Y. Yuan et al.   Nature Climate Change

Plant stoichiometric responses to elevated CO2 vary with nitrogen and phosphorus inputs: Evidence from a global-scale meta-analysis

(2015) Wenjuan Huang et al.   Scientific Reports

Changes in litter quality caused by simulated nitrogen deposition reinforce the N-induced suppression of litter decay

(2015) Linda T. A. van Diepen et al.   Ecosphere

Direct and indirect effects of climate change on soil microbial and soil microbial-plant interactions: What lies ahead?

(2015) Aimée T. Classen et al.   Ecosphere

How tree roots respond to drought

(2015) Ivano Brunner et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Cell wall remodeling under abiotic stress

(2015) Raimund Tenhaken   Frontiers in Plant Science

Mycorrhizal fungi mediation of terrestrial ecosystem responses to global change: mini-review

(2014) Jacqueline E. Mohan et al.   Fungal Ecology

Effects of elevated CO2on the extractable amino acids of leaf litter and fine roots

(2014) Sara M. Top et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

Abiotic and biotic stress combinations

(2014) Nobuhiro Suzuki et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Disentangling root responses to climate change in a semiarid grassland

(2014) Yolima Carrillo et al.   OECOLOGIA

Grass litter responses to warming and N addition: temporal variation in the contributions of litter quality and environmental effects to decomposition

(2014) Hugh A. L. Henry et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Proline responding1 Plays a Critical Role in Regulating General Protein Synthesis and the Cell Cycle in Maize

(2014) G. Wang et al.   PLANT CELL

Warming alters potential enzyme activity but precipitation regulates chemical transformations in grass litter exposed to simulated climatic changes

(2014) Vidya Suseela et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Litters of photosynthetically divergent grasses exhibit differential metabolic responses to warming and elevated CO2

(2014) Vidya Suseela et al.   Ecosphere

Response of plants to water stress

(2014) Yuriko Osakabe et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Syringyl-Rich Lignin Renders Poplars More Resistant to Degradation by Wood Decay Fungi

(2013) Oleksandr Skyba et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Interactions between Pectic Compounds and Procyanidins are Influenced by Methylation Degree and Chain Length

(2013) Aude A. Watrelot et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Evidence of current impact of climate change on life: a walk from genes to the biosphere

(2013) Josep Peñuelas et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Hierarchical responses of plant-soil interactions to climate change: consequences for the global carbon cycle

(2013) Richard D. Bardgett et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Transcription factors, sucrose, and sucrose metabolic genes interact to regulate potato phenylpropanoid metabolism

(2013) Raja S. Payyavula et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Labile compounds in plant litter reduce the sensitivity of decomposition to warming and altered precipitation

(2013) Vidya Suseela et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Litter quality versus soil microbial community controls over decomposition: a quantitative analysis

(2013) Cory C. Cleveland et al.   OECOLOGIA

Effects of drought and elevated temperature on biochemical composition of forage plants and their impact on carbon storage in grassland soil

(2013) Muhammad Sanaullah et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

LACCASE Is Necessary and Nonredundant with PEROXIDASE for Lignin Polymerization during Vascular Development in Arabidopsis

(2013) Q. Zhao et al.   PLANT CELL

Long-term exposure to elevated CO2and O3alters aspen foliar chemistry across developmental stages

(2013) J. J. COUTURE et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Plant tolerance to high temperature in a changing environment: scientific fundamentals and production of heat stress-tolerant crops

(2013) Craita E. Bita et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Effects of abiotic stress on plants: a systems biology perspective

(2012) Grant R Cramer et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

The use of metabolomics to dissect plant responses to abiotic stresses

(2012) Toshihiro Obata et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

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

(2012) Leonardus Vergutz et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Microbial abundance and composition influence litter decomposition response to environmental change

(2012) Steven D. Allison et al.   ECOLOGY

The hierarchical structure and mechanics of plant materials

(2012) L. J. Gibson   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Deciphering the Enigma of Lignification: Precursor Transport, Oxidation, and the Topochemistry of Lignin Assembly

(2012) Chang-Jun Liu   Molecular Plant

Whole plant cell wall characterization using solution-state 2D NMR

(2012) Shawn D Mansfield et al.   Nature Protocols

The susceptibility of soil enzymes to inhibition by leaf litter tannins is dependent on the tannin chemistry, enzyme class and vegetation history

(2012) Daniella J. Triebwasser et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The importance of leaf cuticle for carbon economy and 
mechanical strength

(2012) Yusuke Onoda et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Litter stoichiometric traits of plant species of high-latitude ecosystems show high responsiveness to global change without causing strong variation in litter decomposition

(2012) R. Aerts et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A Systems Biology View of Responses to Lignin Biosynthesis Perturbations in Arabidopsis

(2012) R. Vanholme et al.   PLANT CELL

Growth-dependent chemical and mechanical properties of cuticular membranes from leaves of Sonneratia alba

(2012) YUKI TAKAHASHI et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

ZmHSP16.9, a cytosolic class I small heat shock protein in maize (Zea mays), confers heat tolerance in transgenic tobacco

(2012) Liping Sun et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

The Role of Plants in the Effects of Global Change on Nutrient Availability and Stoichiometry in the Plant-Soil System

(2012) J. Sardans et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

How Does Plant Cell Wall Nanoscale Architecture Correlate with Enzymatic Digestibility?

(2012) S.-Y. Ding et al.   SCIENCE

Phenolic inputs by invasive species could impart seasonal variations in nitrogen pools in the introduced soils: A case study with Polygonum cuspidatum

(2012) Nishanth Tharayil et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Characterization of Lignin by Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry Using a Simplified CuO Oxidation Method

(2011) Karl Kaiser et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Casparian bands occur in the periderm of Pelargonium hortorum stem and root

(2011) Chris J. Meyer et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

The plant heat stress transcription factor (Hsf) family: Structure, function and evolution

(2011) Klaus-Dieter Scharf et al.   Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Litter decay rates are determined by lignin chemistry

(2011) Jennifer M. Talbot et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Global assessment of experimental climate warming on tundra vegetation: heterogeneity over space and time

(2011) Sarah C. Elmendorf et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Synthesis of ellagitannin natural products

(2011) Laurent Pouységu et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

Changes in the structural composition and reactivity of Acer rubrum leaf litter tannins exposed to warming and altered precipitation: climatic stress-induced tannins are more reactive

(2011) Nishanth Tharayil et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The C:N:P stoichiometry of organisms and ecosystems in a changing world: A review and perspectives

(2011) J. Sardans et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Tannins in plant–herbivore interactions

(2011) Raymond V. Barbehenn et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

The MYB96 Transcription Factor Regulates Cuticular Wax Biosynthesis under Drought Conditions in Arabidopsis

(2011) P. J. Seo et al.   PLANT CELL

The Genetics of Lignin Biosynthesis: Connecting Genotype to Phenotype

(2010) Nicholas D. Bonawitz et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

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

(2010) Cindy E. Prescott   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Plant Metabolism and the Environment: Implications for Managing Phenolics

(2010) Seth D. Cohen et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION

Community structure and composition in response to climate change in a temperate steppe

(2010) HAIJUN YANG et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Climate change effects on plant biomass alter dominance patterns and community evenness in an experimental old-field ecosystem

(2010) PAUL KARDOL et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Responses of terrestrial ecosystems to temperature and precipitation change: a meta-analysis of experimental manipulation

(2010) ZHUOTING WU et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

In SituAnalysis and Structural Elucidation of Sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) Tannins for High-Throughput Germplasm Screening

(2010) An Gea et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Photosynthesis and drought: can we make metabolic connections from available data?

(2010) C. Pinheiro et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Abiotic and Biotic Stresses and Changes in the Lignin Content and Composition in Plants

(2010) Jullyana Cristina Magalhães Silva Moura et al.   Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

NMR-based metabolomic analysis of plants

(2010) Hye Kyong Kim et al.   Nature Protocols

Microorganisms and climate change: terrestrial feedbacks and mitigation options

(2010) Brajesh K. Singh et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The biophysical design of plant cuticles: an overview

(2010) Eva Domínguez et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Modeling Lignin Polymerization. I. Simulation Model of Dehydrogenation Polymers

(2010) F. R. D. van Parijs et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Lignin Biosynthesis and Structure

(2010) R. Vanholme et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Differential occurrence of oxidative burst and antioxidative mechanism in compatible and incompatible interactions of Solanum lycopersicum and Ralstonia solanacearum

(2010) Sudhamoy Mandal et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Suberin research in the genomics era—New interest for an old polymer

(2010) Kosala Ranathunge et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Polyamines: molecules with regulatory functions in plant abiotic stress tolerance

(2010) Rubén Alcázar et al.   PLANTA

Impacts of elevated CO2 and O3 on aspen leaf litter chemistry and earthworm and springtail productivity

(2010) Timothy D. Meehan et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Transport barriers made of cutin, suberin and associated waxes

(2010) Lukas Schreiber   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Plant molecular stress responses face climate change

(2010) Ishita Ahuja et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Species-specific responses to atmospheric carbon dioxide and tropospheric ozone mediate changes in soil carbon

(2009) Alan F. Talhelm et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Chemical Changes During 6 Years of Decomposition of 11 Litters in Some Canadian Forest Sites. Part 1. Elemental Composition, Tannins, Phenolics, and Proximate Fractions

(2009) Caroline M. Preston et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Enhanced litter input rather than changes in litter chemistry drive soil carbon and nitrogen cycles under elevated CO2: a microcosm study

(2009) LINGLI LIU et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Suberin of Potato (Solanum tuberosum Var. Nikola): Comparison of the Effect of Cutinase CcCut1 with Chemical Depolymerization

(2009) Riikka Järvinen et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Functional and chemical comparison of apoplastic barriers to radial oxygen loss in roots of rice (Oryza sativa L.) grown in aerated or deoxygenated solution

(2009) Lukasz Kotula et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Fine root decomposition rates do not mirror those of leaf litter among temperate tree species

(2009) Sarah E. Hobbie et al.   OECOLOGIA

Hydroxycinnamates in lignification

(2009) John Ralph   PHYTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS

The Impact of Water Deficiency on Leaf Cuticle Lipids of Arabidopsis

(2009) D. K. Kosma et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The Effects on Lignin Structure of Overexpression of Ferulate 5-Hydroxylase in Hybrid Poplar1

(2009) J. J. Stewart et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Effects of elevated temperature, elevated CO2 and fertilization on quality and subsequent decomposition of silver birch leaf litter

(2009) Liisa Huttunen et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Polyphenol oxidase, tannase and proteolytic activity in relation to tannin concentration in the soil organic horizon under silver birch and Norway spruce

(2009) Bartosz Adamczyk et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Prediction of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Carbon Fractions in Decomposing Forest Litter Using Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy and Partial Least Squares Regression

(2009) Jason R. Nault et al.   SOIL SCIENCE

Proline: a multifunctional amino acid

(2009) László Szabados et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Root Suberin Forms an Extracellular Barrier That Affects Water Relations and Mineral Nutrition in Arabidopsis

(2009) Ivan Baxter et al.   PLoS Genetics

Structure and Action Mechanism of Ligninolytic Enzymes

(2008) Dominic W. S. Wong   APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

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

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

Independent, Interactive, and Species-Specific Responses of Leaf Litter Decomposition to Elevated CO2 and O3 in a Northern Hardwood Forest

(2008) William F. J. Parsons et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

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

Experimental drought reduced acid and alkaline phosphatase activity and increased organic extractable P in soil in a Quercus ilex Mediterranean forest

(2008) J. Sardans et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY

Global-scale patterns of nutrient resorption associated with latitude, temperature and precipitation

(2008) Z. Y. Yuan et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Highly Acylated (Acetylated and/orp-Coumaroylated) Native Lignins from Diverse Herbaceous Plants

(2008) José C. del Río et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

FT-IR study of the changes in carbohydrate chemistry of three New Jersey pine barrens leaf litters during simulated control burning

(2008) Kristin Lammers et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Trait differences between grass species along a climatic gradient in South and North America

(2007) Mariano Oyarzabal et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE