Decomposition dynamics in mixed‐species leaf litter

By T. B. Gartner, Zoe G. Cardon. 2004

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

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Tree species identity alters forest litter decomposition through long‐term plant and soil interactions in Patagonia, Argentina (2008, background): “2000; Gartner & Cardon 2004; Wardle et al .”
The freezer defrosting: global warming and litter decomposition rates in cold biomes (2006, background): “However, litter decomposition rates in plant communities will not only change as a result in changes in plant community structure, but possibly also as a result of changed interactions in litter mixtures (cf. Gartner & Cardon 2004).”
Carbon quality rather than stoichiometry controls litter decomposition in a tropical rain forest (2010, background): “When such chemically distinct litter from different species is decomposing together, decomposition rates are often different in mixtures than expected from single species litter (Wardle, Bonner & Nicholson 1997; Gartner & Cardon 2004; Hättenschwiler, Tiunov & Scheu 2005).”
Laccases: toward disentangling their diversity and functions in relation to soil organic matter cycling (2010, methodology): “…reflects conjunction of the fractal growth pattern of fungal mycelium and the high small scale heterogeneity of both physicochemical properties and biological soil characteristics (e.g., microbial community composition) (Gartner and Cardon 2004; Nannipieri et al. 2003; Šnajdr et al. 2008).”
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).”
Macro-invertebrates accelerate litter decomposition and nutrient release in a Hawaiian rainforest (2011, background): “Interactions among chemicals, microbes, and the soil fauna resulting frommixing litter are complex and can either accelerate or slow decomposition (Gartner and Cardon, 2004) depending on the plant species present.”
Plant functional traits and soil carbon sequestration in contrasting biomes. (2008, neutral): “The prevalence 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…”
Plant traits relate to whole‐community litter quality and decomposition following land use change (2007, result): “Further, our results indicate that non-additive interactions between different litter types (reviewed by Gartner & Cardon 2004) do not disrupt the overall pattern of trait-decomposition links.”
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).”