Microbial communities may modify how litter quality affects potential decomposition rates as tree species migrate

The potential transient dynamics of forests in New England under historical and projected future climate change

(2012) Guoping Tang et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Microbial control over carbon cycling in soil

(2012) Joshua P. Schimel et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

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

Interactive effects of warming, soil humidity and plant diversity on litter decomposition and microbial activity

(2011) Olaf Butenschoen et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

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

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

(2010) Mascha Jacob et al.   OECOLOGIA

Diversity meets decomposition

(2010) Mark O. Gessner et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Interspecific variation in leaf litter production, decomposition, and nitrogen and phosphorus loss from decomposing leaves in a humid subtropical forest ecosystem of northeastern India

(2009) Jenpuiru Kamei et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Variations of soil enzyme activities in a temperate forest soil

(2009) Hojeong Kang et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

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

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

(2009) Bart Hoorens 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

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

(2009) Samantha K. Chapman et al.   OECOLOGIA

Nutrient release from decomposing leaf litter of temperate deciduous forest trees along a gradient of increasing tree species diversity

(2009) Mascha Jacob 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

The unseen majority: soil microbes as drivers of plant diversity and productivity in terrestrial ecosystems

(2008) Marcel G. A. van der Heijden et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

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

Resource availability influences the diversity of a functional group of heterotrophic soil bacteria

(2008) Silke Langenheder et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

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

Controls on long-term root and leaf litter decomposition in neotropical forests

(2008) DANIELA F. CUSACK et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY