Influence of millipedes on litter decomposition, N mineralization, and microbial communities in a coastal forest in British Columbia, Canada

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The role of litter-feeding macroarthropods in decomposition processes: A reappraisal of common views (2014, background): “In keeping with the traditional view, remarkably low assimilation efficiencies, often less than 10% on a dry mass basis, have been recorded in macroarthropods (Van der Drift and Witkamp, 1960; Bocock, 1963; Carcamo et al., 2000; David and Gillon, 2002).”
Effects of Tree Species Diversity on Litter Quality and Decomposition (2005, background): “Because the saprophagous macrofauna processes large amounts of litter and has a tremendous impact on the smaller litter and soil fauna (Scheu 1987; Anderson 1988; Càrcamo et al. 2000), litter diversity effects on the macrofauna may determine the overall decomposition process to a large extent.”
The Ecology of Soil Carbon: Pools, Vulnerabilities, and Biotic and Abiotic Controls (2017, background): “Microbes, soil fauna, and their interactions exert strong controls on the rates, pathways, and fates of plant litter decay (Beare et al. 1992, Cárcamo et al. 2000, David 2014), both through direct consumption and transformation of plant detritus and through shredding and fragmentation, which…”