Linking litter decomposition of above‐ and below‐ground organs to plant–soil feedbacks worldwide

By G. T. Freschet, William K. Cornwell, David A. Wardle, T. G. Elumeeva, W. Liu, B. Jackson, V. Onipchenko, Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia, Jianping Tao, J. H. C. Cornelissen. 2013

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Subfields: Insect Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Soil Science

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Tree species mixing affects soil microbial functioning indirectly via root and litter traits and soil parameters in European forests (2021, background): “, & Cornelissen, J. H. C. (2012). A plant economics spectrum of 727 litter decomposability. Functional Ecology, 26(1), 56–65. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365728 2435.2011.01913.x 729 Freschet, G. T., Cornwell, W. K., Wardle, D. A., Elumeeva, T. G., Liu, W., Jackson, B. G., ... 730 Cornelissen, J. H. ”
Root functional parameters predict fine root decomposability at the community level (2016, background): “The contribution of fine roots to the decomposition process is crucial because fine roots are the main source of organic matter input to the soil, especially at large depths (Berg & Laskowski 2005; Rasse, Peresta & Drake 2005; Kell 2012; Clemmensen et al. 2013; Freschet et al. 2013).”
A plant economics spectrum in Mediterranean forests along environmental gradients: is there coordination among leaf, stem and root traits? (2016, background): “Recently, Pérez-Ramos et al. (2012) found evidence in Mediterranean grasslands that plant economics could be scaled up at the community level, with potential repercussions for relevant ecosystem processes and services (e.g. Freschet et al. 2013).”
The Role of Plant Litter in Driving Plant-Soil Feedbacks (2019, background): “…symbionts play a strong role in mediating PSFs (Bennett et al., 2017; Semchenko et al., 2018) and litter-mediated PSFs are gaining more attention (Freschet et al., 2013; Hobbie, 2015; Zhang et al., 2016; Manrubia et al., 2019), but interactions and their relative hierarchy of importance needs to…”
Decomposition of Eucalyptus grandis and Acacia mangium leaves and fine roots in tropical conditions did not meet the Home Field Advantage hypothesis (2016, result): “The higher decomposition rates for fine roots than for leaves of both species in our study were contrary to the findings for woody and herbaceous species across the world in a meta-analysis (Freschet et al., 2013).”
Forest Soil Bacteria: Diversity, Involvement in Ecosystem Processes, and Response to Global Change (2017, background): “Importantly, a large proportion of plant inputs into forest soils are derived from organs other than leaves, including fine roots, seeds, and twigs (76).”
Climate, soil and plant functional types as drivers of global fine‐root trait variation (2017, background): “Fine-root traits give us critical information on plant resource acquisition abilities (Chen et al. 2016), plant resource economics (Roumet et al. 2016), as well as plant impacts on ecosystem carbon and nutrient cycling (Freschet et al. 2013b).”
Sampling roots to capture plant and soil functions (2017, background): “Nevertheless, our understanding of these functions, how they are influenced by environmental changes (Freschet et al. 2013a; Tobner, Paquette & Messier 2013) and how they vary among species and plant communities is still limited (Hodge et al. 2009).”
The world‐wide ‘fast–slow’ plant economics spectrum: a traits manifesto (2014, background): “Freschet et al. 2013 (Fig.”