Does mixing of beech (Fagus sylvatica) and spruce (Picea abies) litter hasten decomposition?

Nutrient return to the forest floor through litter and throughfall under 7 forest species after conversion from Norway spruce

(2013) Monique Carnol et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Soil organic matter turnover is governed by accessibility not recalcitrance

(2012) Jennifer A. J. Dungait et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Greater accumulation of litter in spruce (Picea abies) compared to beech (Fagus sylvatica) stands is not a consequence of the inherent recalcitrance of needles

(2012) Torsten W. Berger et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

A study of lignin degradation in leaf and needle litter using 13C-labelled tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) thermochemolysis: Comparison with CuO oxidation and van Soest methods

(2011) Thimo Klotzbücher et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

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

(2010) Cindy E. Prescott   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

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

(2010) Mascha Jacob et al.   OECOLOGIA

Carbon dioxide emissions of soils under pure and mixed stands of beech and spruce, affected by decomposing foliage litter mixtures

(2010) Torsten W. Berger et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Nutrient cycling and soil leaching in eighteen pure and mixed stands of beech (Fagus sylvatica) and spruce (Picea abies)

(2009) Torsten W. Berger et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Neighbour identity hardly affects litter-mixture effects on decomposition rates of New Zealand forest species

(2009) Bart Hoorens et al.   OECOLOGIA

Nutrient fluxes in pure and mixed stands of spruce (Picea abies) and beech (Fagus sylvatica)

(2009) Torsten W. Berger et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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