Co-variations in litter decomposition, leaf traits and plant growth in species from a Mediterranean old-field succession

By E. Kazakou, D. Vile, Bill Shipley, C. Gallet, Eric Garnier. 2006

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Plant secondary metabolites: a key driver of litter decomposition and soil nutrient cycling (2016, background): “…situ Specific Fortunel et al. (2009) ( ) 0.17 (+) 0.10 (ns) 0.02 ( ) 0.09 Microcosm CWM Garnier et al. (2004) ( ) 0.66 (+) 0.55 (+) 0.61 In situ CWM Kazakou et al. (2006) ( ) 0.56 ns ns ns ns Microcosm Specific Kazakou et al. (2009) ( ) 0.62 ns ns ns Microcosm Specific Kurokawa, Peltzer & Wardle…”
Leaf economics traits predict litter decomposition of tropical plants and differ among land use types (2011, background): “The nature of this process has been shown for Mediterranean fields (Kazakou et al. 2006; Cortez et al. 2007; Fortunel et al. 2009), but this is, to our knowledge, the first time that it has been analysed for tropical land use types, which are very important in global carbon and local nutrient cycles”
Linkages of plant traits to soil properties and the functioning of temperate grassland (2010, background): “Indeed, links of plant traits to litter decomposition and net nitrogen (N) mineralization have already been demonstrated (Tilman & Wedin 1991; Cornelissen et al. 1999; van der Krift & Berendse 2001; Garnier et al. 2004; Kazakou et al. 2006; Cornwell et al. 2008; Fortunel et al. 2009).”
Plant traits relate to whole‐community litter quality and decomposition following land use change (2007, background): “…© 2007 British Ecological Society, Functional Ecology, 21, 1016–1026 species which produce low quality litter (Wardle et al. 1997; Garnier et al. 2004; Kazakou et al. 2006), and supports the contention that at a landscape or regional level, litter quality is the dominant control on decomposition…”
A multi‐trait test of the leaf‐height‐seed plant strategy scheme with 133 species from a pine forest flora (2010, background): “…date and duration, which summarize phonological aspects of a species’ life history (Grime et al. 1997); and leaf dry matter content (LDMC, ratio of leaf dry mass to fresh mass), which is indic- ative of the amount of structural material in a leaf (Garnier et al. 2001; Kazakou et al. 2006).”
Leaf dry matter content as a predictor of grassland litter decomposition: a test of the ‘mass ratio hypothesis’ (2011, background): “Our emphasis on LDMC stems from it appearing to be a pivotal plant trait for living leaves, influencing litter quality and hence ecosystem properties (Fortunel et al. 2009; Kazakou et al. 2006).”
Plant traits, litter quality and decomposition in a Mediterranean old-field succession (2007, unknown): “…Dorrepaal et al. 2005), leaf life span, foliar nutrient content, components of leaf structure (Gillon et al. 1994; Cornelissen and Thompson 1997; Kazakou et al. 2006), plant defences (Grime et al. 1996; Wardle et al. 1998; Cornelissen et al. 2004) were all found to relate to leaf decomposition…”
Using functional traits to predict grassland ecosystem change: a mathematical test of the response‐and‐effect trait approach (2009, background): “…shown for aboveground net primary productivity (Garnier et al., 2004; Da S. Pontes et al., 2007), shoot litter decomposability (Aerts et al., 2003; Kazakou et al., 2006; Diaz et al., 2007a) and C-cycling (see Wardle et al., 2004; Bardgett et al., 2005; De Deyn & Van der Putten, 2005), but has…”
Assessing the effects of land-use change on plant traits, communities and ecosystem functioning in grasslands: a standardized methodology and lessons from an application to 11 European sites. (2007, background): “Decomposition has been shown to be slower in litter produced by plants with high leaf dry matter content (Garnier et al., 2004; Kazakou et al., 2006).”