Litter decomposition and nutrient release from monospecific and mixed litters: Comparisons of litter quality, fauna and decomposition site effects

Soil fauna accelerate litter mixture decomposition globally, especially in dry environments

(2021) Denis Mburu Njoroge et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Functional diversity of leaf litter mixtures slows decomposition of labile but not recalcitrant carbon over two years

(2020) Jake J. Grossman et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Dynamics of Calcium, Magnesium, and Manganese During Litter Decomposition in Alpine Forest Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems

(2020) Kai Yue et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Decomposition of leaf litter mixtures across biomes: The role of litter identity, diversity and soil fauna

(2020) Shixing Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The importance of macro- and micro-nutrients over climate for leaf litter decomposition and nutrient release in Patagonian temperate forests

(2019) Lucía Vivanco et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Microbial groups and their functions control the decomposition of coniferous litter: A comparison with broadleaved tree litters

(2019) Weiwei Zhang et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Local basal area affects needle litterfall, nutrient concentration, and nutrient release during decomposition in Pinus halepensis Mill. plantations in Spain

(2018) Teresa Bueis et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

Litter chemistry influences decomposition through activity of specific microbial functional guilds

(2018) Jennifer M. Bhatnagar et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Tree leaf and root traits mediate soil faunal contribution to litter decomposition across an elevational gradient

(2018) Saori Fujii et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Manganese in the litter fall-forest floor continuum of boreal and temperate pine and spruce forest ecosystems – A review

(2015) Björn Berg et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Decay rates of leaf litters from arbuscular mycorrhizal trees are more sensitive to soil effects than litters from ectomycorrhizal trees

(2015) Meghan G. Midgley et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Understanding the dominant controls on litter decomposition

(2015) Mark A. Bradford et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

(2015) Saori Fujii et al.   OIKOS

Long-term litter decomposition controlled by manganese redox cycling

(2015) Marco Keiluweit et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The effects of N and P additions on soil microbial properties in paired stands of temperate secondary forests and adjacent larch plantations in Northeast China

(2015) Kai Yang et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes

(2014) I. Tanya Handa et al.   NATURE

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

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

Highly consistent effects of plant litter identity and functional traits on decomposition across a latitudinal gradient

(2012) Marika Makkonen et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The origin of litter chemical complexity during decomposition

(2012) Kyle Wickings et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Connecting litter quality, microbial community and nitrogen transfer mechanisms in decomposing litter mixtures

(2012) Dennis Lummer et al.   OIKOS

The impact of secondary forests conversion into larch plantations on soil chemical and microbiological properties

(2012) Kai Yang et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Stoichiometric controls of nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in decomposing beech leaf litter

(2011) Maria Mooshammer et al.   ECOLOGY

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

Stoichiometric controls on carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus dynamics in decomposing litter

(2010) Stefano Manzoni et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Dual role of lignin in plant litter decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems

(2010) A. T. Austin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Nutrient dynamics in litter mixtures of four Mediterranean maquis species decomposing in situ

(2010) Giulia Maisto et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Controls over leaf litter decomposition in wet tropical forests

(2009) William R. Wieder et al.   ECOLOGY

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

Feasibility of implementing thinning in even-aged Larix olgensis plantations to develop uneven-aged larch–broadleaved mixed forests

(2009) Jiaojun Zhu et al.   Journal of Forest Research

Plant litter quality influences the contribution of soil fauna to litter decomposition in humid tropical forests, southwestern China

(2009) Xiaodong Yang et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

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

NITROGEN EFFECTS ON DECOMPOSITION: A FIVE-YEAR EXPERIMENT IN EIGHT TEMPERATE SITES

(2008) Sarah E. Hobbie   ECOLOGY

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

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

Global decomposition experiment shows soil animal impacts on decomposition are climate-dependent

(2008) DIANA H. WALL et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

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

The Global Stoichiometry of Litter Nitrogen Mineralization

(2008) S. Manzoni et al.   SCIENCE