Secondary metabolites of Pinus halepensis alter decomposer organisms and litter decomposition during afforestation of abandoned agricultural zones

By M. Chomel, C. Fernandez, A. Bousquet‐Mélou, C. Gers, Y. Monnier, M. Santonja, T. Gauquelin, R. Gros, C. Lecareux, V. Baldy. 2014

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Subfields: Ecology, Insect Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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1. V. Baldy

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Citations in the corpus

• Plant secondary metabolites: a key driver of litter decomposition and soil nutrient cycling (2016, background): “Certain secondary metabolites can limit growth and activity of decomposers, from microorganisms to macroarthropods (Kuiters 1990; H€attenschwiler & Vitousek 2000; Chomel et al. 2014), because they are directly toxic to these organisms, or because they exhibit structural features (like aromatic rings”
• Is tropical montane forest heterogeneity promoted by a resource-driven feedback cycle? Evidence from nutrient relations, herbivory and litter decomposition along a topographical gradient (2015, background): “Phenolics, for example, a group of commonly produced secondary defence compounds, can strongly delay the decomposition of foliar litter (Salminen & Karonen 2011; Chomel et al. 2014).”