Consequences of non‐random species loss for decomposition dynamics: experimental evidence for additive and non‐additive effects

By B. Ball, M. Hunter, John S. Kominoski, Christopher Swan, M. Bradford. 2008

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Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Soil Science

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Leaf dry matter content as a predictor of grassland litter decomposition: a test of the ‘mass ratio hypothesis’ (2011, background): “Finally differences in physical structure such as surface area to volume ratios ( Ball et al. 2008; Gartner and Cardon 2004 )o r water holding capacity of the leaves (Wardle et al. 2003 )m ay promote or restrict decomposition.”
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).”
Grass invasion of a hardwood forest is associated with declines in belowground carbon pools (2010, background): “Indeed, changes in the composition of native detrital resources have been shown to affect decomposition (Ball et al., 2008; Harguindeguy et al., 2008).”
Decomposition and nutrient dynamics in mixed litter of Mediterranean species (2010, methodology): “A comparative analysis, between our GLM results and those by Ball et al. (2008), showed a similar trend of additive and nonadditive effects of litter mixing on N dynamics, but some differences for mass loss: in this latter case we observed a significant time-independent nonadditive effect of species”
Testing the functional significance of microbial community composition. (2009, background): “…and recalcitrance, as indicated by both C:N ratios (Appendix A) and by in situ decomposition rates reported for identical or very similar litter types (Andren et al. 1992, Sanchez 2001, Ball et al. 2008), with rhododendron representing the most, and grass the least, complex and recalcitrant litter.”
Litter quality is in the eye of the beholder: initial decomposition rates as a function of inoculum characteristics (2009, background): “For example, the slow decomposition rate of R. maximum foliar litters in the field (e.g. Ball et al. 2008) is thought to result from both its chemical composition and physicallytough leaves.”