The phenology-substrate-match hypothesis explains decomposition rates of evergreen and deciduous oak leaves

Leaf drop affects herbivory in oaks

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Leaf Litter Mixtures Alter Microbial Community Development: Mechanisms for Non-Additive Effects in Litter Decomposition

(2013) Samantha K. Chapman et al.   PLoS One

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

(2012) Marika Makkonen et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

GLOBAL PATTERNS OF LEAF DEFENSES IN OAK SPECIES

(2012) Ian S. Pearse et al.   EVOLUTION

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

(2012) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Warming-induced shift in European mushroom fruiting phenology

(2012) H. Kauserud et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The role of leaf defensive traits in oaks on the preference and performance of a polyphagous herbivore, Orgyia vetusta

(2011) IAN S. PEARSE   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Extreme seasonality of litter breakdown in an arctic spring-fed stream is driven by shredder phenology, not temperature

(2011) JONATHAN P. BENSTEAD et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Leaf-out phenology of temperate woody plants: from trees to ecosystems

(2011) Caroline A. Polgar et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Looking deeper into the soil: biophysical controls and seasonal lags of soil CO2production and efflux

(2010) Rodrigo Vargas et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Single-pool exponential decomposition models: potential pitfalls in their use in ecological studies

(2010) E. Carol Adair et al.   ECOLOGY

Assembly history dictates ecosystem functioning: evidence from wood decomposer communities

(2010) Tadashi Fukami et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Species shift drives decomposition rates following invasion by hemlock woolly adelgid

(2010) Richard C. Cobb   OIKOS

Testing the functional significance of microbial community composition

(2009) Michael S. Strickland et al.   ECOLOGY

Long-term temporal changes of plant phenology in the Western Mediterranean

(2009) OSCAR GORDO et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Biodiversity at the plant–soil interface: microbial abundance and community structure respond to litter mixing

(2009) Samantha K. Chapman et al.   OECOLOGIA

Home-field advantage accelerates leaf litter decomposition in forests

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