Determinants of litter mixing effects in a Swedish boreal forest

By David A. Wardle, M. Nilsson, O. Zackrisson, C. Gallet. 2003

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Subfields: Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Soil Science

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Co-variations in litter decomposition, leaf traits and plant growth in species from a Mediterranean old-field succession (2006, background): “First, this suggests that mixing effects in litter produced by complex plant communities are small in comparison with interspecific differences measured for the species of this successional sere (Wardle et al. 2002; Wardle et al. 2003).”
Do invertebrate decomposers affect the disappearance rate of litter mixtures (2005, unknown): “Numerous investigators have shown that litter decomposition is influenced by initial C and N concentrations (Swift et al., 1979; Shädler et al., 2003; but see Schaefer et al., 1985; Wardle et al., 2003).”
Carbon quality rather than stoichiometry controls litter decomposition in a tropical rain forest (2010, background): “…species or the specific combination of different litter types, appear to drive observed differences in decomposition of littermixtures (Wardle, Bonner&Nicholson 1997; Wardle et al. 2003; Madritch & Cardinale 2007; Ball et al. 2008; Pérez-Harguindeguy et al. 2008; Hoorens, Coomes & Aerts 2010).”
Bryophytes attenuate anthropogenic nitrogen inputs in boreal forests (2011, background): “…Ltd, Global Change Biology, 17, 2743–2753 recognized that bryophyte litter generally decomposes at slower rates compared with vascular plant litter (Wardle et al., 2003b; Lang et al., 2009), or can slow decomposition rates of course woody material through bryophyte over-growth (Hagemann et al.,…”
Leaf dry matter content as a predictor of grassland litter decomposition: a test of the ‘mass ratio hypothesis’ (2011, background): “However, a study by Wardle et al. (2003) indicated that poor quality litter may also aid decomposition by higher quality litter through an increase in moisture retention.”
Linking vegetation change, carbon sequestration and biodiversity: insights from island ecosystems in a long‐term natural experiment (2012, methodology): “Further, decomposition rates of plant litter and the release rate of N from decomposing standardized litter are least on the smallest islands (Wardle et al. 1997, 2003a).”
Litter diversity, fungal decomposers and litter decomposition under simulated stream intermittency (2011, background): “In the present study, we tested a mechanism potentially causing diversity effects on residual moisture during dry periods (Wardle et al. 2003; Hättenschwiler, Tiunov & Scheu 2005), with consequences on litter decomposition.”
Litter production, leaf litter decomposition and nutrient return in Cunninghamia lanceolata plantations in south China: effect of planting conifers with broadleaved species (2007, background): “Studies about litter mixing effects on decomposition rate have not shown consistent results and can be positive, negative, or neutral depending on the combinations of species used (Conn and Dighton 2000; Hector et al. 2000; Nilsson et al. 1999; Wardle et al. 2003).”
The decomposition of ectomycorrhizal fungal necromass (2016, background): “Litter mixtures can exhibit non-additive effects on decomposition, resulting in faster or slower rates than expected (Wardle et al., 2003; Gartner and Cardon, 2004; Chapman and Koch, 2007; Jonsson and Wardle, 2008).”
Decomposition and nutrient dynamics in mixed litter of Mediterranean species (2010, background): “Second, higher water retention capacity by some litter types could be beneficial to the decay of other plant residues (Wardle et al. 2003).”