Home field advantage (HFA; acceleration of plant litter decomposition in soils that receive
their indigenous litter) and priming effects (PE; short-term changes in the turnover of soil …

Plant litter inputs can promote the decomposition of soil organic matter (OM) through the
priming effect (PE). However, whereas leaf litter chemistry has long been identified as the …

Home-field advantage (HFA) predicts that litter decomposes faster under its derived plant
species. Growing evidence suggests that HFA depends on litter chemical traits and the …

Litter input regulates the mineralization and accrual of soil organic carbon (SOC), depending
on microbial groups and litter quality. Stable isotope probing was used after the addition of …

Home‐field advantage (HFA) states that litter decomposes faster in “home” than in “away”
soil, due to the specialization of decomposer organisms in decomposing litter derived from …

The priming effect describes the change in the rate of soil organic matter (SOM)
mineralisation due to the addition of fresh organic matter (FOM), and is thus central to the …

Crop residue quality and quantity have contrasting effects on soil organic matter (SOM)
decomposition, but the mechanisms explaining such priming effect (PE) are still elusive. To …

Decomposition of litter is a key biochemical process that regulates the rate and magnitude of
CO2 fluxes from biosphere to atmosphere and determines soil nutrient availability. Although …

Increasing plant species richness generally enhances plant biomass production, which may
enhance accumulation of carbon (C) in soil. However, the net change in soil C also depends …

Diverse plant litter mixtures frequently decompose differently than expected compared to the
average of the component species decomposing alone, and it remains unclear why …