The soil fauna community in pure and mixed stands of beech and spruce of different age: trophic structure and structuring forces

By S. Scheu, D. Albers, J. Alphei, R. Buryn, Ute Klages, S. Migge, C. Platner, Jörg‐Alfred Salamon. 2003

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Tree physiological responses to above-ground herbivory directly modify below-ground processes of soil carbon and nitrogen cycling (2004, background): “One mechanism by which above-ground herbivory may result in increased C inputs to the soil is through faster rates of fine root turnover, as has been shown in Alaskan forests (Kielland et al. 1997; Ruess et al. 1998 ).”
Multiple mechanisms for trait effects on litter decomposition: moving beyond home‐field advantage with a new hypothesis (2012, background): “…by their dissimilar capacities to decompose litter of contrasting quality, both for microbes (Strickland et al. 2009a,b; Keiser et al. 2011) and for soil fauna (e.g. Scheu et al. 2003), with strong effects on litter decomposition rates (Hobbie et al. 2006; Laganière, Paré & Bradley 2010).”