Biodiversity and Litter Decomposition in Terrestrial Ecosystems

By S. Hättenschwiler, A. Tiunov, S. Scheu. 2005

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

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Soil extracellular enzyme activities correspond with abiotic factors more than fungal community composition (2013, result): “This supports previous research showing that soil fungi comprise a significant portion of microbial biomass belowground (Joergensen and Wichern 2008; Strickland and Rousk 2010) and regulate C and nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems (Hattenschwiler et al. 2005).”
Plant functional traits and soil carbon sequestration in contrasting biomes. (2008, neutral): “…and importance of such (above- and belowground) litter mixing effects on decomposition rates remain to be tested in tundra (Gartner & Cardon 2004; Hättenschwiler et al. 2005), but is likely to be minor compared with the great differences in litter quality among plant species and types…”
Soil biodiversity and carbon cycling: a review and synthesis of studies examining diversity–function relationships (2011, result): “…decades, a number of studies have investigated the potential impacts of declines in soil species richness on ecosystem functioning, and their findings have often differed from above-ground studies (reviewed in Bardgett, 2002, 2005; Mikola et al., 2002; Hättenschwiler et al., 2005; Wardle, 2006).”
Nitrogen transfer between decomposing leaves of different N status (2007, background): “Nutrient transfer among different quality litter species is frequently hypothesized as a mechanism for synergistic mixture effects on litter decomposition (Hättenschwiler et al., 2005).”
Consequences of non‐random species loss for decomposition dynamics: experimental evidence for additive and non‐additive effects (2008, background): “The mechanistic explanations for non-additivity in litter mixtures generally revolve around differences in litter quality among component species, where mass loss of lowernutrient litters are stimulated by adjacent higher-nutrient litter, or vice versa (Seastedt 1984; Hättenschwiler et al. 2005).”
The functional role of biodiversity in ecosystems: incorporating trophic complexity. (2007, background): “…webs based on living plants, and in terrestrial systems primarily the above-ground community, while recognizing the important roles of detritus (Moore et al. 2004), and of interactions between above- and below-ground components of food webs (e.g. Wardle et al. 2004; Hättenschwiler et al. 2005).”
Tree species richness affects litter production and decomposition rates in a tropical biodiversity experiment (2007, background): “…mainly on single-species decomposition, and only about 30 studies exist that explicitly address the question whether litter mixtures have different decomposition patterns than the component litter species decaying alone (Gartner and Cardon 2004, Hättenschwiler 2005, Hättenschwiler et al. 2005).”
Soil fauna feeding activity in temperate grassland soils increases with legume and grass species richness (2011, background): “…in soil by increasing both availability of suitable food sources and diversity of microhabitats, or may decrease it, e.g. by reducing the habitable space provided by and the buffering capacity of the litter layer under conditions of accelerated decomposition (cf. Hättenschwiler et al., 2005).”
Decomposition and nutrient dynamics in mixed litter of Mediterranean species (2010, background): “This study, the first reporting on Mediterranean species, contributes to the debate about whether plant species diversity affects the litter decay rate and the related nutrient release (Gartner and Cardon 2004; Hattenschwiler et al. 2005 ).”
Linear and non-linear impacts of a non-native plant invasion on soil microbial community structure and function (2011, background): “Hättenschwiler et al. (2005) found that approximately 70% of litter mixtures showed significant non-additive effects, and at least some of the remaining 30% showed no significant effects due to low sample sizes.”
Small-scale distribution of extracellular enzymes, fungal, and bacterial biomass in Quercus petraea forest topsoil (2010, background): “Due to the scale-dependent distribution of soil properties (Kandeler et al. 2001), the results of geostatistical analyses typically depend on the sample size and the distance between samples (Morris 1999; Ettema and Wardle 2002).”