Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide. Cornwell, W. K., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Amatangelo, K., Dorrepaal, E., Eviner, V. T., Godoy, O., Hobbie, S. E., Hoorens, B., Kurokawa, H., Pérez‐Harguindeguy, N., Quested, H. M., Santiago, L. S., Wardle, D. A., Wright, I. J., Aerts, R., Allison, S. D., Bodegom, P. V., Brovkin, V., Chatain, A., Callaghan, T. V., Díaz, S., Garnier, E., Gurvich, D. E., Kazakou, E., Klein, J. A., Read, J., Reich, P. B., Soudzilovskaia, N. A., Vaieretti, M. V., & Westoby, M. Ecology Letters, 11(10):1065–1071, October, 2008. 01092![Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper doi abstract bibtex Worldwide decomposition rates depend both on climate and the legacy of plant functional traits as litter quality. To quantify the degree to which functional differentiation among species affects their litter decomposition rates, we brought together leaf trait and litter mass loss data for 818 species from 66 decomposition experiments on six continents. We show that: (i) the magnitude of species-driven differences is much larger than previously thought and greater than climate-driven variation; (ii) the decomposability of a species’ litter is consistently correlated with that species’ ecological strategy within different ecosystems globally, representing a new connection between whole plant carbon strategy and biogeochemical cycling. This connection between plant strategies and decomposability is crucial for both understanding vegetation–soil feedbacks, and for improving forecasts of the global carbon cycle.
@article{cornwell_plant_2008,
title = {Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide},
volume = {11},
copyright = {© 2008 Blackwell Publishing Ltd/CNRS},
issn = {1461-0248},
url = {http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01219.x},
doi = {10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01219.x},
abstract = {Worldwide decomposition rates depend both on climate and the legacy of plant functional traits as litter quality. To quantify the degree to which functional differentiation among species affects their litter decomposition rates, we brought together leaf trait and litter mass loss data for 818 species from 66 decomposition experiments on six continents. We show that: (i) the magnitude of species-driven differences is much larger than previously thought and greater than climate-driven variation; (ii) the decomposability of a species’ litter is consistently correlated with that species’ ecological strategy within different ecosystems globally, representing a new connection between whole plant carbon strategy and biogeochemical cycling. This connection between plant strategies and decomposability is crucial for both understanding vegetation–soil feedbacks, and for improving forecasts of the global carbon cycle.},
language = {en},
number = {10},
urldate = {2018-09-17},
journal = {Ecology Letters},
author = {Cornwell, William K. and Cornelissen, Johannes H. C. and Amatangelo, Kathryn and Dorrepaal, Ellen and Eviner, Valerie T. and Godoy, Oscar and Hobbie, Sarah E. and Hoorens, Bart and Kurokawa, Hiroko and Pérez‐Harguindeguy, Natalia and Quested, Helen M. and Santiago, Louis S. and Wardle, David A. and Wright, Ian J. and Aerts, Rien and Allison, Steven D. and Bodegom, Peter Van and Brovkin, Victor and Chatain, Alex and Callaghan, Terry V. and Díaz, Sandra and Garnier, Eric and Gurvich, Diego E. and Kazakou, Elena and Klein, Julia A. and Read, Jenny and Reich, Peter B. and Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A. and Vaieretti, M. Victoria and Westoby, Mark},
month = oct,
year = {2008},
note = {01092},
keywords = {\#nosource, Carbon cycling, decomposition, leaf economic spectrum, leaf traits, meta-analysis},
pages = {1065--1071},
}
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