ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2018
Contrasting dynamics and trait controls in first-order root compared with leaf litter decomposition.
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- Mycorrhizal association and life form dominantly control plant litter lignocellulose concentration at the global scale.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Pooled it
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- Rooting for function: community-level fine-root traits relate to many ecosystem functions.The New phytologist · 2025Article
- Root mixing effects on belowground decomposition depend on mycorrhizal type.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Responses and Controlling Factors of the Litter Decay Rate to Nitrogen Addition Across Global Forests: A Meta-Analysis.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Designing a nitrogen-efficient cold-tolerant maize for modern agricultural systems.The Plant cell · 2025Review
- Temporal dynamics of nutrient release from mulching of legume roots and shoots litter driven by microbial community during decomposition in organic orchards.BMC plant biology · 2025Article
- Substrate and climate determine terrestrial litter decomposition.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Trees First Inhibit Then Promote Litter Decomposition in the Subarctic.Ecology letters · 2025Article
- Contribution of Litter and Root to Soil Nutrients in Different Rocky Desertification Grasslands in a Karst Area.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- A trait-based root acquisition-defence-decomposition framework in angiosperm tree species.Nature communications · 2024Article
- New Intrinsic Ecological Mechanisms of Leaf Nutrient Resorption in Temperate Deciduous Trees.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Molecular-level carbon traits underlie the multidimensional fine root economics space.Nature plants · 2024Article
- General reversal of N-decomposition relationship during long-term decomposition in boreal and temperate forests.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Intraspecific variability in plant and soil chemical properties in a common garden plantation of the energy crop Populus.PloS one · 2024Article
- Root litter decomposition is suppressed in species mixtures and in the presence of living roots.The Journal of ecology · 2023Article
- Tree mycorrhizal association types control biodiversity-productivity relationship in a subtropical forest.Science advances · 2023Article
- Leaf litter mixtures alter decomposition rate, nutrient retention, and bacterial community composition in a temperate forest.Forestry research · 2023Article
- Coordinated variation in root and leaf functional traits ofFrontiers in plant science · 2023Article
- Characterizing natural variability of lignin abundance and composition in fine roots across temperate trees: a comparison of analytical methods.The New phytologist · 2022Article
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Abstract
Decomposition is a key component of the global carbon (C) cycle, yet current ecosystem C models do not adequately represent the contributions of plant roots and their mycorrhizae to this process. The understanding of decomposition dynamics and their control by traits is particularly limited for the most distal first-order roots. Here we followed decomposition of first-order roots and leaf litter from 35 woody plant species differing in mycorrhizal type over 6 years in a Chinese temperate forest. First-order roots decomposed more slowly (
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