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

Tree species effects on microbial respiration from decomposing leaf and fine root litter

(2015) Naoki Makita et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Temperature Sensitivity of Microbial Respiration of Fine Root Litter in a Temperate Broad-Leaved Forest

(2015) Naoki Makita et al.   PLoS One

Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes

(2014) I. Tanya Handa et al.   NATURE

Fresh carbon and nitrogen inputs alter organic carbon mineralization and microbial community in forest deep soil layers

(2014) Qingkui Wang et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

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

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

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

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

Size matters: implications of the loss of large individuals for ecosystem function

(2013) Alf Norkko et al.   Scientific Reports

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 plant economics spectrum of litter decomposability

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

Heterotrophic respiration in disturbed forests: A review with examples from North America

(2011) Mark E. Harmon et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

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

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

Above- and below-ground plant inputs both fuel soil food webs

(2011) Nico Eisenhauer et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

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

(2010) Stephan Hättenschwiler et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

Correlation between leaf litter and fine root decomposition among subtropical tree species

(2010) Hui Wang et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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

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

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

(2009) Sarah E. Hobbie et al.   OECOLOGIA

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

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