A traits-based test of the home-field advantage in mixed-species tree litter decomposition

Can the biomass-ratio hypothesis predict mixed-species litter decomposition along a climatic gradient?

(2014) A. Tardif et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Tree communities rapidly alter soil microbial resistance and resilience to drought

(2014) David Rivest et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Patterns and Processes of Microbial Community Assembly

(2013) D. R. Nemergut et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Advancing biodiversity–ecosystem functioning science using high-density tree-based experiments over functional diversity gradients

(2013) Cornelia M. Tobner et al.   OECOLOGIA

Using the biomass-ratio and idiosyncratic hypotheses to predict mixed-species litter decomposition

(2012) Antoine Tardif et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Home-field advantage of litter decomposition and nitrogen release in forest ecosystems

(2012) Qingkui Wang et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Decomposer diversity and identity influence plant diversity effects on ecosystem functioning

(2012) Nico Eisenhauer et al.   ECOLOGY

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

(2012) Marika Makkonen et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Multiple mechanisms for trait effects on litter decomposition: moving beyond home-field advantage with a new hypothesis

(2012) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Home-field advantage in decomposition of leaf litter and insect frass

(2012) Hideki Kagata et al.   POPULATION ECOLOGY

Litter chemistry changes more rapidly when decomposed at home but converges during decomposition–transformation

(2012) Matthew D. Wallenstein et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The functional role of producer diversity in ecosystems

(2011) Bradley J. Cardinale et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Lack of home-field advantage in the decomposition of leaf litter in the Atlantic Rainforest of Brazil

(2011) Urs Christian Gießelmann et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

A plant economics spectrum of litter decomposability

(2011) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Long-term presence of tree species but not chemical diversity affect litter mixture effects on decomposition in a neotropical rainforest

(2011) Sandra Barantal et al.   OECOLOGIA

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

Decomposition and nitrogen transformation rates in a temperate grassland vary among co-occurring plant species

(2011) Yui Osanai et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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

Bottom-up effects of plant diversity on multitrophic interactions in a biodiversity experiment

(2010) Christoph Scherber et al.   NATURE

Diversity meets decomposition

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

Diversity has stronger top-down than bottom-up effects on decomposition

(2009) Diane S. Srivastava et al.   ECOLOGY

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

(2009) Claire Fortunel et al.   ECOLOGY

Aboveground–belowground relationships in temperate forests: Plant litter composes and microbiota orchestrates

(2009) Michaël Aubert et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Home-field advantage accelerates leaf litter decomposition in forests

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

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

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

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

Assessing interactive responses in litter decomposition in mixed species litter

(2008) Dafeng Hui et al.   PLANT AND SOIL