Biotic and abiotic modifications of leaf litter during dry periods affect litter mass loss and nitrogen loss during wet periods

Biotic degradation at night, abiotic degradation at day: positive feedbacks on litter decomposition in drylands

(2016) Daniel Gliksman et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Photodegradation alleviates the lignin bottleneck for carbon turnover in terrestrial ecosystems

(2016) Amy T. Austin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ultraviolet photodegradation facilitates microbial litter decomposition in a Mediterranean climate

(2015) Nameer R. Baker et al.   ECOLOGY

Resilience vs. historical contingency in microbial responses to environmental change

(2015) Christine V. Hawkes et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The importance of litter traits and decomposers for litter decomposition: a comparison of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems within and across biomes

(2015) Pablo García-Palacios et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The interaction between abiotic photodegradation and microbial decomposition under ultraviolet radiation

(2015) Jing Wang et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Ecological interpretations of nitrogen isotope ratios of terrestrial plants and soils

(2015) Joseph M. Craine et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

The dominant role of semi-arid ecosystems in the trend and variability of the land CO2 sink

(2015) A. Ahlstrom et al.   SCIENCE

Photodegradation of plant litter in the Sonoran Desert varies by litter type and age

(2015) Thomas A. Day et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Understanding litter decomposition in semiarid ecosystems: linking leaf traits, UV exposure and rainfall variability

(2015) Aurora Gaxiola et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Non-Rainfall Moisture Activates Fungal Decomposition of Surface Litter in the Namib Sand Sea

(2015) Kathryn Jacobson et al.   PLoS One

Microbial community dynamics alleviate stoichiometric constraints during litter decay

(2014) Christina Kaiser et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Contribution of semi-arid ecosystems to interannual variability of the global carbon cycle

(2014) Benjamin Poulter et al.   NATURE

Litter quality and environmental controls of home-field advantage effects on litter decomposition

(2014) G. F. Ciska Veen et al.   OIKOS

Direct and Indirect Effects of UV-B Exposure on Litter Decomposition: A Meta-Analysis

(2013) Xinzhang Song et al.   PLoS One

No photodegradation of litter and humus exposed to UV-B radiation under laboratory conditions: No effect of leaf senescence or drying temperature

(2013) S.M. Lambie et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Shedding light on plant litter decomposition: advances, implications and new directions in understanding the role of photodegradation

(2012) Jennifer Y. King et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

The origin of litter chemical complexity during decomposition

(2012) Kyle Wickings et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Evaluating litter decomposition in earth system models with long-term litterbag experiments: an example using the Community Land Model version 4 (CLM4)

(2012) Gordon B. Bonan et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

An accounting of C-based trace gas release during abiotic plant litter degradation

(2011) Hanna Lee et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

UVB exposure does not accelerate rates of litter decomposition in a semi-arid riparian ecosystem

(2011) Shauna M. Uselman et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

No UV enhancement of litter decomposition observed on dry samples under controlled laboratory conditions

(2011) Miko U.F. Kirschbaum et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Atmospheric water vapor as driver of litter decomposition in Mediterranean shrubland and grassland during rainless seasons

(2010) INGA DIRKS et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Does light exposure make plant litter more degradable?

(2010) Bente Foereid et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Priming effects: Interactions between living and dead organic matter

(2010) Yakov Kuzyakov   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Moisture availability influences the effect of ultraviolet-B radiation on leaf litter decomposition

(2009) W. KOLBY SMITH et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Photochemically induced carbon dioxide production as a mechanism for carbon loss from plant litter in arid ecosystems

(2009) L. A. Brandt et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Photoacceleration of plant litter decomposition in an arid environment

(2009) Marcy E. Gallo et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Litter Decomposition in a California Annual Grassland: Interactions Between Photodegradation and Litter Layer Thickness

(2008) Hugh A. L. Henry et al.   ECOSYSTEMS