Control of climate and litter quality on leaf litter decomposition in different climatic zones

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

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

Tropical forest carbon balance in a warmer world: a critical review spanning microbial- to ecosystem-scale processes

(2012) Tana E. Wood et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Global resorption efficiencies and concentrations of carbon and nutrients in leaves of terrestrial plants

(2012) Leonardus Vergutz et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

A Meta-analysis of Climatic and Chemical Controls on Leaf Litter Decay Rates in Tropical Forests

(2012) Bonnie G. Waring   ECOSYSTEMS

Influence of Precipitation on Soil and Foliar Nutrients Across Nine Costa Rican Forests

(2011) Silvia Alvarez-Clare et al.   BIOTROPICA

Multi-element regulation of the tropical forest carbon cycle

(2011) Alan R Townsend et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Interspecific differences in wood decay rates: insights from a new short-term method to study long-term wood decomposition

(2011) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Persistence of soil organic matter as an ecosystem property

(2011) Michael W. I. Schmidt et al.   NATURE

Has water limited our imagination for aridland biogeochemistry?

(2011) Amy T. Austin   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Experimental warming and clipping altered litter carbon and nitrogen dynamics in a tallgrass prairie

(2010) Xiaoli Cheng et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Global pattern of leaf litter nitrogen and phosphorus in woody plants

(2010) Hongzhang Kang et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

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

(2010) Cindy E. Prescott   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Single-pool exponential decomposition models: potential pitfalls in their use in ecological studies

(2010) E. Carol Adair et al.   ECOLOGY

Leaf economics traits predict litter decomposition of tropical plants and differ among land use types

(2010) Maartje Anne Bakker et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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

(2010) Stephan Hättenschwiler et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Dynamics of alpine plant litter decomposition in a changing climate

(2010) Konstantin S. Gavazov   PLANT AND SOIL

Leaf traits capture the effects of land use changes and climate on litter decomposability of grasslands across Europe

(2009) Claire Fortunel et al.   ECOLOGY

Controls over leaf litter decomposition in wet tropical forests

(2009) William R. Wieder et al.   ECOLOGY

Litter Mixture Interactions at the Level of Plant Functional Types are Additive

(2009) Bart Hoorens et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Global trends in senesced-leaf nitrogen and phosphorus

(2009) Zhiyou Yuan et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

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

Home-field advantage accelerates leaf litter decomposition in forests

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

Tropical tree species composition affects the oxidation of dissolved organic matter from litter

(2008) William R. Wieder et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

LEAF HERBIVORY AND DECOMPOSABILITY IN A MALAYSIAN TROPICAL RAIN FOREST

(2008) Hiroko Kurokawa et al.   ECOLOGY

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

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

Litter decomposition in grasslands of Central North America (US Great Plains)

(2008) ELIANA E. BONTTI et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Long-term patterns of mass loss during the decomposition of leaf and fine root litter: an intersite comparison

(2008) MARK E. HARMON et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

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

Global-scale patterns of nutrient resorption associated with latitude, temperature and precipitation

(2008) Z. Y. Yuan et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

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

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

Links between plant litter chemistry, species diversity, and below-ground ecosystem function

(2008) C. L. Meier et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Carbon and nitrogen cycles in European ecosystems respond differently to global warming☆

(2008) C BEIER et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Aboveground decomposition in arid environments: Results of a long-term study in central New Mexico

(2007) K.L. Vanderbilt et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS