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

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

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

Influence of Precipitation on Soil and Foliar Nutrients Across Nine Costa Rican Forests

(2011) Silvia Alvarez-Clare et al.   BIOTROPICA

Potassium, phosphorus, or nitrogen limit root allocation, tree growth, or litter production in a lowland tropical forest

(2011) S. Joseph Wright et al.   ECOLOGY

Large losses of inorganic nitrogen from tropical rainforests suggest a lack of nitrogen limitation

(2011) E. N. J. Brookshire et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

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

Multi-element regulation of the tropical forest carbon cycle

(2011) Alan R Townsend et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

The productivity, metabolism and carbon cycle of tropical forest vegetation

(2011) Yadvinder Malhi   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Litter composition rather than plant presence affects decomposition of tropical litter mixtures

(2011) Sylvain Coq et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

A brief guide to model selection, multimodel inference and model averaging in behavioural ecology using Akaike’s information criterion

(2010) Matthew R. E. Symonds et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Linking chronosequences with the rest of the world: predicting soil phosphorus content in denuding landscapes

(2010) Stephen Porder et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Factors influencing limit values for pine needle litter decomposition: a synthesis for boreal and temperate pine forest systems

(2010) B. Berg et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

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

(2010) Cindy E. Prescott   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Experimental drought in a tropical rain forest increases soil carbon dioxide losses to the atmosphere

(2010) Cory C. Cleveland et al.   ECOLOGY

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

(2010) Sylvain Coq et al.   ECOLOGY

A meta-analysis of context-dependency in plant response to inoculation with mycorrhizal fungi

(2010) Jason D. Hoeksema et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

The carbon balance of tropical forest regions, 1990–2005

(2010) Yadvinder Malhi   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Controls over leaf litter decomposition in wet tropical forests

(2009) William R. Wieder et al.   ECOLOGY

Biogeochemistry and the structure of tropical brown food webs

(2009) Michael Kaspari et al.   ECOLOGY

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

Ecoenzymatic stoichiometry of microbial organic nutrient acquisition in soil and sediment

(2009) Robert L. Sinsabaugh et al.   NATURE

Does adding microbial mechanisms of decomposition improve soil organic matter models? A comparison of four models using data from a pulsed rewetting experiment

(2009) Corey R. Lawrence et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

NITROGEN LIMITATION OF NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY IN TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS IS GLOBALLY DISTRIBUTED

(2008) David S. LeBauer et al.   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

High variation in foliage and leaf litter chemistry among 45 tree species of a neotropical rainforest community

(2008) Stephan Hättenschwiler et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Forests and Climate Change: Forcings, Feedbacks, and the Climate Benefits of Forests

(2008) G. B. Bonan   SCIENCE

The biogeochemical heterogeneity of tropical forests

(2008) A TOWNSEND et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION