Variations in leaf litter decomposition across contrasting forest stands and controlling factors at local scale

Relating microbial community structure to functioning in forest soil organic carbon transformation and turnover

(2014) Yeming You et al.   Ecology and Evolution

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

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

Tree species influence on microbial communities in litter and soil: Current knowledge and research needs

(2013) Cindy E. Prescott et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Tree species effects on nutrient cycling and soil biota: A feedback mechanism favouring species coexistence

(2013) Cristina Aponte et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Contributions of soil biota to C sequestration varied with aggregate fractions under different tillage systems

(2013) Shixiu Zhang et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Home-field advantage of litter decomposition and nitrogen release in forest ecosystems

(2012) Qingkui Wang et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Above- and belowground linkages inSphagnumpeatland: climate warming affects plant-microbial interactions

(2012) Vincent EJ Jassey et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

Lack of home-field advantage in the decomposition of leaf litter in the Atlantic Rainforest of Brazil

(2011) Urs Christian Gießelmann et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Early stage of single and mixed leaf-litter decomposition in semiarid forest pine-oak: the role of rainfall and microsite

(2011) Marlín Pérez-Suárez et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Litter decay rates are determined by lignin chemistry

(2011) Jennifer M. Talbot et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Does tree species composition control soil organic carbon pools in Mediterranean mountain forests?

(2011) Eugenio Díaz-Pinés et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Effects of phosphorus addition on soil microbial biomass and community composition in three forest types in tropical China

(2011) Lei Liu et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

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

(2010) Cindy E. Prescott   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

On the specification of structural equation models for ecological systems

(2010) James B. Grace et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Exotic tree leaf litter accumulation and mass loss dynamics compared with two sympatric native species in south Florida, USA

(2010) Min B. Rayamajhi et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Nitrogen addition stimulates forest litter decomposition and disrupts species interactions in Patagonia, Argentina

(2010) LUCÍA VIVANCO et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Changes in soil microbial biomass and community structure with addition of contrasting types of plant litter in a semiarid grassland ecosystem

(2010) H. Jin et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Rhizospheric and heterotrophic respiration of a warm-temperate oak chronosequence in China

(2010) Junwei Luan et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Soil Microbial Community Responses to Multiple Experimental Climate Change Drivers

(2009) H. F. Castro et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Biogeography of soil archaea and bacteria along a steep precipitation gradient

(2009) Roey Angel et al.   ISME Journal

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

Litter decomposition and nutrient release as affected by soil nitrogen availability and litter quality in a semiarid grassland ecosystem

(2009) Ping Liu et al.   OECOLOGIA

The importance of biotic factors in predicting global change effects on decomposition of temperate forest leaf litter

(2009) Soraya Rouifed et al.   OECOLOGIA

Links between plant community composition, soil organic matter quality and microbial communities in contrasting tundra habitats

(2009) Anu Eskelinen et al.   OECOLOGIA

Importance of spatially structured environmental heterogeneity in controlling microbial community composition at small spatial scales in an agricultural field

(2009) Rima B. Franklin et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Home-field advantage accelerates leaf litter decomposition in forests

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

Effects of grazing and rainfall variability on root and shoot decomposition in a semi-arid grassland

(2008) Marcus Giese et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Leaf litter decomposition in the pure and mixed plantations of Cunninghamia lanceolata and Michelia macclurei in subtropical China

(2008) Qingkui Wang et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

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

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

Litterfall and Decomposition in Relation to Soil Carbon Pools Along a Secondary Forest Chronosequence in Puerto Rico

(2008) Rebecca Ostertag 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

Among- and within-species variation in plant litter decomposition in contrasting long-term chronosequences

(2008) David A. Wardle et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Long-term patterns of mass loss during the decomposition of leaf and fine root litter: an intersite comparison

(2008) MARK E. HARMON et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

Pulse dynamics and microbial processes in aridland ecosystems

(2008) Scott L. Collins et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY