Palatability, decomposition and insect herbivory: patterns in a successional old‐field plant community

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Predicting tropical insect herbivore abundance from host plant traits and phylogeny (2012, background): “…nitrogen than primary-forest trees is typical for this high-light environment where low investment in structural defense, high growth rates, and relatively high rates of photosynthesis per unit of mass are commonly observed (Schadler et al. 2003, Poorter et al. 2004, Agrawal and Fishbein 2006).”
Do invertebrate decomposers affect the disappearance rate of litter mixtures (2005, background): “The relative importance of invertebrates differs from site to site (Swift et al., 1979; Seastedt, 1984; Heneghan et al., 1998), but may also differ between litter types and specific litter mixtures.”
Positive and negative impacts of insect frass quality on soil nitrogen availability and plant growth (2011, background): “In general, litter with high N and phosphorus is decomposed rapidly, whereas litter with high polyphenols and lignin is decomposed slowly (Enríquez et al. 1993; Schädler et al. 2003; Kurokawa and Nakashizuka 2008).”