Multiple mechanisms for trait effects on litter decomposition: moving beyond home-field advantage with a new hypothesis

Global to community scale differences in the prevalence of convergent over divergent leaf trait distributions in plant assemblages

(2011) Grégoire T. Freschet 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

Differential Growth Responses of Soil Bacterial Taxa to Carbon Substrates of Varying Chemical Recalcitrance

(2011) Katherine C. Goldfarb et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

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

(2010) Cindy E. Prescott   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

How does a tree species influence litter decomposition? Separating the relative contribution of litter quality, litter mixing, and forest floor conditions

(2010) Jérôme Laganière et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Stoichiometric controls on carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus dynamics in decomposing litter

(2010) Stefano Manzoni et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

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

Leaf litter decomposition in temperate deciduous forest stands with a decreasing fraction of beech (Fagus sylvatica)

(2010) Mascha Jacob et al.   OECOLOGIA

Testing the functional significance of microbial community composition

(2009) Michael S. Strickland et al.   ECOLOGY

Soil biota accelerate decomposition in high-elevation forests by specializing in the breakdown of litter produced by the plant species above them

(2009) Edward Ayres et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

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

Home-field advantage accelerates leaf litter decomposition in forests

(2009) Edward Ayres et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Decomposition of aspen leaf litter results in unique metabolomes when decomposed under different tree species

(2009) Matthew D. Wallenstein et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

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

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

Fungal Taxa Target Different Carbon Sources in Forest Soil

(2008) China A. Hanson et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Litter quality is in the eye of the beholder: initial decomposition rates as a function of inoculum characteristics

(2008) Michael S. Strickland et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Tree species identity alters forest litter decomposition through long-term plant and soil interactions in Patagonia, Argentina

(2008) Lucía Vivanco et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Relative effect of litter quality, forest type and their interaction on leaf decomposition in south-east Brazilian forests

(2008) Camila de Toledo Castanho et al.   JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY

Spatial variability of enzyme activities and microbial biomass in the upper layers of Quercus petraea forest soil

(2008) Jaroslav Šnajdr et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY