Effects of litter types, microsite and root diameters on litter decomposition in Pinus sylvestris plantations of northern China

Slow decomposition of very fine roots and some factors controlling the process: a 4-year experiment in four temperate tree species

(2013) Tao Sun et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

The measurement of woody root decomposition using two methodologies in a Sitka spruce forest ecosystem

(2012) Samuel Olajuyigbe et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Further evidence for slow decomposition of very fine roots using two methods: litterbags and intact cores

(2012) Tao Sun et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Slow decomposition and limited nitrogen release by lower order roots in eight Chinese temperate and subtropical trees

(2012) Yanmei Xiong et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Plant traits and decomposition: are the relationships for roots comparable to those for leaves?

(2011) Marine Birouste et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Chronic N deposition alters root respiration-tissue N relationship in northern hardwood forests

(2011) Andrew J. Burton et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

No ‘home’ versus ‘away’ effects of decomposition found in a grassland–forest reciprocal litter transplant study

(2011) Mark G. St. John 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

Decomposition of the finest root branching orders: linking belowground dynamics to fine-root function and structure

(2010) Marc Goebel et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

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

(2010) Stephan Hättenschwiler et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Leaf traits and decomposition in tropical rainforests: revisiting some commonly held views and towards a new hypothesis

(2010) Stephan Hättenschwiler et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Slow decomposition of lower order roots: a key mechanism of root carbon and nutrient retention in the soil

(2010) Pingping Fan et al.   OECOLOGIA

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

(2010) Hui Wang et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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(2010) Christiane Kramer et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Interaction of position, litter type, and water pulses on decomposition of grasses from the semiarid Patagonian steppe

(2009) Amy T. Austin et al.   ECOLOGY

Decomposition of stump and root systems of Norway spruce in Sweden—A modelling approach

(2009) Ylva Melin et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

The role of plantations in managing the world's forests in the Anthropocene

(2009) Alain Paquette et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

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

Home-field advantage accelerates leaf litter decomposition in forests

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

Root anatomy, morphology, and longevity among root orders in Vaccinium corymbosum (Ericaceae)

(2008) Luis R. Valenzuela-Estrada et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Fine Root Dynamics and Forest Production Across a Calcium Gradient in Northern Hardwood and Conifer Ecosystems

(2008) Byung Bae Park et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

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

(2008) DANIELA F. CUSACK 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

Anatomical traits associated with absorption and mycorrhizal colonization are linked to root branch order in twenty-three Chinese temperate tree species

(2008) Dali Guo et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

13C and 15N stabilization dynamics in soil organic matter fractions during needle and fine root decomposition

(2008) Jeffrey A. Bird et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY