Diversity meets decomposition

MO Gessner, CM Swan, CK Dang, BG McKie… - Trends in ecology & …, 2010 - cell.com
Over 100 gigatons of terrestrial plant biomass are produced globally each year. Ninety
percent of this biomass escapes herbivory and enters the dead organic matter pool, thus …

The elemental stoichiometry of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and its relationships with organismic lifestyle and ecosystem structure and function: a review and …

J Sardans, A Rivas-Ubach, J Penuelas - Biogeochemistry, 2012 - Springer
Abstract C, N and P are three of the most important elements used to build living beings, and
their uptake from the environment is consequently essential for all organisms. We have …

[图书][B] Aboveground-belowground linkages: biotic interactions, ecosystem processes, and global change

RD Bardgett, DA Wardle - 2010 - books.google.com
Aboveground-Belowground Linkages provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive
synthesis of recent advances in our understanding of the roles that interactions between …

Carbon quality rather than stoichiometry controls litter decomposition in a tropical rain forest

S Hättenschwiler, HB Jørgensen - Journal of Ecology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological stoichiometry predicts important control of the relative abundance of the key
elements carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) on trophic interactions. In a nutrient …

Nitrogen and phosphorus enrichment cause declines in invertebrate populations: a global meta‐analysis

MP Nessel, T Konnovitch, GQ Romero… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Human‐driven changes in nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) inputs are modifying
biogeochemical cycles and the trophic state of many habitats worldwide. These alterations …

Leaf traits and decomposition in tropical rainforests: revisiting some commonly held views and towards a new hypothesis

S Hättenschwiler, S Coq, S Barantal, IT Handa - 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Proper estimates of decomposition are essential for tropical forests, given their key role in
the global carbon (C) cycle. However, the current paradigm for litter decomposition is …

Soil acidity, ecological stoichiometry and allometric scaling in grassland food webs

C Mulder, JJ Elser - Global Change Biology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The factors regulating the structure of food webs are a central focus of community and
ecosystem ecology, as trophic interactions among species have important impacts on …

Towards an integration of biodiversity–ecosystem functioning and food web theory to evaluate relationships between multiple ecosystem services

J Hines, WH van der Putten, GB De Deyn… - Advances in ecological …, 2015 - Elsevier
Ecosystem responses to changes in species diversity are often studied individually.
However, changes in species diversity can simultaneously influence multiple …

Ecological stoichiometry of aquatic fungi: current knowledge and perspectives

M Danger, MO Gessner, F Bärlocher - Fungal Ecology, 2016 - Elsevier
Ecological stoichiometry investigates how the ratios of elements in organisms shape their
ecology and nutrient and energy fluxes in ecosystems. Despite their global distribution and …

Functional traits and trait-mediated interactions: connecting community-level interactions with ecosystem functioning

OJ Schmitz, RW Buchkowski, KT Burghardt… - Advances in ecological …, 2015 - Elsevier
Concerted effort in ecology is focused on developing synthetic frameworks that quantify
general trends between diversity of organismal functional traits and ecosystem functioning …