Reading tea leaves worldwide: Decoupled drivers of initial litter decomposition mass-loss rate and stabilization

Judith M. Sarneel; Mariet M. Hefting; Taru Sanden; Johan van den Hoogen; Devin Routh; Bhupendra S. Adhikari; Juha M. Alatalo; Alla Aleksanyan; Inge H. J. Althuizen; Mohammed H. S. A. Alsafran; Jeff W. Atkins; Laurent Augusto; Mika Aurela; Aleksej V. Azarov; Isabel C. Barrio; Claus Beier; Maria D. Bejarano; Sue E. Benham; Bjorn Berg; Nadezhda V. Bezler; Katrin Bjornsdottir; Martin A. Bolinder; Michele Carbognani; Roberto Cazzolla Gatti; Stefano Chelli; Maxim V. Chistotin; Casper T. Christiansen; Pascal Courtois; Thomas W. Crowther; Michele S. Dechoum; Ika Djukic; Sarah Duddigan; Louise M. Egerton-Warburton; Nicolas Fanin; Maria Fantappie; Silvano Fares; Geraldo W. Fernandes; Nina V. Filippova; Andreas Fliessbach; David Fuentes; Roberto Godoy; Thomas Gruenwald; Gema Guzman; Joseph E. Hawes; Yue He; Jean-Marc Hero; Laura L. Hess; Katja Hogendoorn; Toke T. Hoye; Wilma W. P. Jans; Ingibjoerg S. Jonsdottir; Sabina Keller; Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas; Natalya N. Kuz'menko; Klaus S. Larsen; Hjalmar Laudon; Jonas J. Lembrechts; Junhui Li; Jean-Marc Limousin; Sergey M. Lukin; Renato Marques; Cesar Marin; Marshall D. McDaniel; Qi Meek; Genrietta E. Merzlaya; Anders Michelsen; Leonardo Montagnani; Peter Mueller; Rajasekaran Murugan; Isla H. Myers-Smith; Stefanie Nolte; Raul Ochoa-Hueso; Bernard N. Okafor; Vladimir V. Okorkov; Vladimir G. Onipchenko; Maria C. Orozco; Tina Parkhurst; Carlos A. Peres; Matteo Petit Bon; Alessandro Petraglia; Martin Pingel; Corinna Rebmann; Brett R. Scheffers; Inger Schmidt; Mary C. Scholes; Efrat Sheffer; Lyudmila K. Shevtsova; Stuart W. Smith; Adriano Sofo; Pablo R. Stevenson; Barbora Strouhalova; Anders Sundsdal; Rafael B. Suehs; Gebretsadik Tamene; Haydn J. D. Thomas; Duygu Tolunay; Marcello Tomaselli; Simon Tresch; Dominique L. Tucker; Michael D. Ulyshen; Alejandro Valdecantos; Vigdis Vandvik; Elena I. Vanguelova; Kris Verheyen; Xuhui Wang; Laura Yahdjian; Xaris S. Yumashev; Joost A. Keuskamp

doi:10.1111/ele.14415

Reading tea leaves worldwide: Decoupled drivers of initial litter decomposition mass-loss rate and stabilization

Judith M. Sarneel^*, Mariet M. Hefting, Taru Sanden, Johan van den Hoogen, Devin Routh, Bhupendra S. Adhikari, Juha M. Alatalo, Alla Aleksanyan, Inge H. J. Althuizen, Mohammed H. S. A. Alsafran, Jeff W. Atkins, Laurent Augusto, Mika Aurela, Aleksej V. Azarov, Isabel C. Barrio, Claus Beier, Maria D. Bejarano, Sue E. Benham, Bjorn Berg, Nadezhda V. BezlerKatrin Bjornsdottir, Martin A. Bolinder, Michele Carbognani, Roberto Cazzolla Gatti, Stefano Chelli, Maxim V. Chistotin, Casper T. Christiansen, Pascal Courtois, Thomas W. Crowther, Michele S. Dechoum, Ika Djukic, Sarah Duddigan, Louise M. Egerton-Warburton, Nicolas Fanin, Maria Fantappie, Silvano Fares, Geraldo W. Fernandes, Nina V. Filippova, Andreas Fliessbach, David Fuentes, Roberto Godoy, Thomas Gruenwald, Gema Guzman, Joseph E. Hawes, Yue He, Jean-Marc Hero, Laura L. Hess, Katja Hogendoorn, Toke T. Hoye, Wilma W. P. Jans, Ingibjoerg S. Jonsdottir, Sabina Keller, Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas, Natalya N. Kuz'menko, Klaus S. Larsen, Hjalmar Laudon, Jonas J. Lembrechts, Junhui Li, Jean-Marc Limousin, Sergey M. Lukin, Renato Marques, Cesar Marin, Marshall D. McDaniel, Qi Meek, Genrietta E. Merzlaya, Anders Michelsen, Leonardo Montagnani, Peter Mueller, Rajasekaran Murugan, Isla H. Myers-Smith, Stefanie Nolte, Raul Ochoa-Hueso, Bernard N. Okafor, Vladimir V. Okorkov, Vladimir G. Onipchenko, Maria C. Orozco, Tina Parkhurst, Carlos A. Peres, Matteo Petit Bon, Alessandro Petraglia, Martin Pingel, Corinna Rebmann, Brett R. Scheffers, Inger Schmidt, Mary C. Scholes, Efrat Sheffer, Lyudmila K. Shevtsova, Stuart W. Smith, Adriano Sofo, Pablo R. Stevenson, Barbora Strouhalova, Anders Sundsdal, Rafael B. Suehs, Gebretsadik Tamene, Haydn J. D. Thomas, Duygu Tolunay, Marcello Tomaselli, Simon Tresch, Dominique L. Tucker, Michael D. Ulyshen, Alejandro Valdecantos, Vigdis Vandvik, Elena I. Vanguelova, Kris Verheyen, Xuhui Wang, Laura Yahdjian, Xaris S. Yumashev, Joost A. Keuskamp

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Abstract

The breakdown of plant material fuels soil functioning and biodiversity. Currently, process understanding of global decomposition patterns and the drivers of such patterns are hampered by the lack of coherent large-scale datasets. We buried 36,000 individual litterbags (tea bags) worldwide and found an overall negative correlation between initial mass-loss rates and stabilization factors of plant-derived carbon, using the Tea Bag Index (TBI). The stabilization factor quantifies the degree to which easy-to-degrade components accumulate during early-stage decomposition (e.g. by environmental limitations). However, agriculture and an interaction between moisture and temperature led to a decoupling between initial mass-loss rates and stabilization, notably in colder locations. Using TBI improved mass-loss estimates of natural litter compared to models that ignored stabilization. Ignoring the transformation of dead plant material to more recalcitrant substances during early-stage decomposition, and the environmental control of this transformation, could overestimate carbon losses during early decomposition in carbon cycle models.

Original language	English
Article number	e14415
Number of pages	14
Journal	Ecology Letters
Volume	27
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14415
Publication status	Published - May 2024

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Authors. Ecology Letters published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Funding

A full list of acknowledgements is provided on www.teabagindex.org/connect. Funding is acknowledged in Table\u00A0S11. We further acknowledge, M. Abdulkareem, K. Anantanawat, S. Angers-Blondin, J. Assmann, J. \u00C1vila, A. Bejarano, M. Bejarano, H. Berthold, S. Bezaud, J. Boyle, Y.K. Bredin, L. Burrows, H. B\u00F6hner, H. B\u00F6hner, J.M. Cabezas, Y. Calla Choque, J.A. Carnerero, M.D. Carri\u00F3n, R. Carri\u00F3n, S. Cecchini, A. Conte, C. Cosgrove, L. Dienstbach, I.A. do Carmo, M.F.A. do Carmo, S. Doumbia, T.G. Elumeeva, G. Fayvush, A. F\u00F6ger, N. Gallegos, A. Garc\u00EDa, I. Garcia Quiros, J. Garc\u00EDa-Bermejo, G. G\u00EDslad\u00F3ttir, J. Godlee, J.A. G\u00F3mez, R.V. Gondim, S. Hamad, Hamilton, O.L.P. Hansen, M. Hehn, A.-N. Hejkoop, R. Henry, S. Henry, E. Herberg, A. Hochmuth, C. Klausbruchner, S. Letonen, M. Little, G. Lollback, O. Lyster, A. McConnell, T. Middleton, P. Miguel, P. Moreno, V. Moretti, M. Nicolas, L. Nkhoma, J.-M. Ourcival, K. Peck, F. Polo, H. Prasse, J. Quispe Torres, I. Rich, T. Schwach, K. Seper, S. Serikova, M.R. Silman, A. Sordo-Ward, T. Sorgi, C. Spann, H. Spiegel, A. Szumelda, J. Tiwari, M. Toleikiene, G.F. Veen, E. Walker, M. Yazdani, I. Ying Chen, O. \u00C5kesson, The Soil Erosion Laboratory Team (IAS-CSIC), TeaComposition initiative (teacomposition.org), funded at the site-scale by individual researchers and sponsored with tea bags by UNILEVER, D.O.P. Montilla-Moriles winegrowers, staff and farmers at Practical Farmers of Iowa, Citizen science participants in Zurich, UK, within the Tep\u00E5sef\u00F6rs\u00F6ket (Sweden), Citizen Science Award 2016 (Austria) and the consortia of the tundra tea bag experiment and the tidal wetland study for practical help, fieldwork and data contribution. We also thank C. Collins, T. K\u00E4tterer, F. Broun\u00E9us, L. Shaw and P. Alexander for supervision and intellectual input, H. B\u00F6hner, A. Hochmuth, H. Spiegel, T. Schwach, K. Seper, A. F\u00F6ger and The French National Office for Forests (ONF), the Inuvialuit, Kluane First Nation and SITES and ICOS Sweden are acknowledged for providing site management and access to field sites. We would hereby like to acknowledge that some fieldwork can have been conducted on lands that have been or are currently partly belonging to Indigenous peoples that were there before country borders were created.

Funders	Funder number
Soil Erosion Laboratory Team
French National Office for Forests
Oncology Nursing Foundation
Unilever
Citizen Science Award 2016

Keywords

citizen science
environmental drivers
global change
litter decomposition
mass loss
soil organic matter formation
stabilization
tea bag index

Access to Document

10.1111/ele.14415Licence: CC BY

Ecology Letters - 2024 - Sarneel - Reading tea leaves worldwide Decoupled drivers of initial litter decompositionFinal published version, 4.43 MBLicence: CC BY

Cite this

Sarneel, J. M., Hefting, M. M., Sanden, T., van den Hoogen, J., Routh, D., Adhikari, B. S., Alatalo, J. M., Aleksanyan, A., Althuizen, I. H. J., Alsafran, M. H. S. A., Atkins, J. W., Augusto, L., Aurela, M., Azarov, A. V., Barrio, I. C., Beier, C., Bejarano, M. D., Benham, S. E., Berg, B., ... Keuskamp, J. A. (2024). Reading tea leaves worldwide: Decoupled drivers of initial litter decomposition mass-loss rate and stabilization. Ecology Letters, 27(5), Article e14415. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14415

@article{643efee372c44c0d87f758bd2328ad8d,

title = "Reading tea leaves worldwide: Decoupled drivers of initial litter decomposition mass-loss rate and stabilization",

abstract = "The breakdown of plant material fuels soil functioning and biodiversity. Currently, process understanding of global decomposition patterns and the drivers of such patterns are hampered by the lack of coherent large-scale datasets. We buried 36,000 individual litterbags (tea bags) worldwide and found an overall negative correlation between initial mass-loss rates and stabilization factors of plant-derived carbon, using the Tea Bag Index (TBI). The stabilization factor quantifies the degree to which easy-to-degrade components accumulate during early-stage decomposition (e.g. by environmental limitations). However, agriculture and an interaction between moisture and temperature led to a decoupling between initial mass-loss rates and stabilization, notably in colder locations. Using TBI improved mass-loss estimates of natural litter compared to models that ignored stabilization. Ignoring the transformation of dead plant material to more recalcitrant substances during early-stage decomposition, and the environmental control of this transformation, could overestimate carbon losses during early decomposition in carbon cycle models.",

keywords = "citizen science, environmental drivers, global change, litter decomposition, mass loss, soil organic matter formation, stabilization, tea bag index",

author = "Sarneel, {Judith M.} and Hefting, {Mariet M.} and Taru Sanden and {van den Hoogen}, Johan and Devin Routh and Adhikari, {Bhupendra S.} and Alatalo, {Juha M.} and Alla Aleksanyan and Althuizen, {Inge H. J.} and Alsafran, {Mohammed H. S. A.} and Atkins, {Jeff W.} and Laurent Augusto and Mika Aurela and Azarov, {Aleksej V.} and Barrio, {Isabel C.} and Claus Beier and Bejarano, {Maria D.} and Benham, {Sue E.} and Bjorn Berg and Bezler, {Nadezhda V.} and Katrin Bjornsdottir and Bolinder, {Martin A.} and Michele Carbognani and Gatti, {Roberto Cazzolla} and Stefano Chelli and Chistotin, {Maxim V.} and Christiansen, {Casper T.} and Pascal Courtois and Crowther, {Thomas W.} and Dechoum, {Michele S.} and Ika Djukic and Sarah Duddigan and Egerton-Warburton, {Louise M.} and Nicolas Fanin and Maria Fantappie and Silvano Fares and Fernandes, {Geraldo W.} and Filippova, {Nina V.} and Andreas Fliessbach and David Fuentes and Roberto Godoy and Thomas Gruenwald and Gema Guzman and Hawes, {Joseph E.} and Yue He and Jean-Marc Hero and Hess, {Laura L.} and Katja Hogendoorn and Hoye, {Toke T.} and Jans, {Wilma W. P.} and Jonsdottir, {Ingibjoerg S.} and Sabina Keller and Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas and Kuz'menko, {Natalya N.} and Larsen, {Klaus S.} and Hjalmar Laudon and Lembrechts, {Jonas J.} and Junhui Li and Jean-Marc Limousin and Lukin, {Sergey M.} and Renato Marques and Cesar Marin and McDaniel, {Marshall D.} and Qi Meek and Merzlaya, {Genrietta E.} and Anders Michelsen and Leonardo Montagnani and Peter Mueller and Rajasekaran Murugan and Myers-Smith, {Isla H.} and Stefanie Nolte and Raul Ochoa-Hueso and Okafor, {Bernard N.} and Okorkov, {Vladimir V.} and Onipchenko, {Vladimir G.} and Orozco, {Maria C.} and Tina Parkhurst and Peres, {Carlos A.} and Bon, {Matteo Petit} and Alessandro Petraglia and Martin Pingel and Corinna Rebmann and Scheffers, {Brett R.} and Inger Schmidt and Scholes, {Mary C.} and Efrat Sheffer and Shevtsova, {Lyudmila K.} and Smith, {Stuart W.} and Adriano Sofo and Stevenson, {Pablo R.} and Barbora Strouhalova and Anders Sundsdal and Suehs, {Rafael B.} and Gebretsadik Tamene and Thomas, {Haydn J. D.} and Duygu Tolunay and Marcello Tomaselli and Simon Tresch and Tucker, {Dominique L.} and Ulyshen, {Michael D.} and Alejandro Valdecantos and Vigdis Vandvik and Vanguelova, {Elena I.} and Kris Verheyen and Xuhui Wang and Laura Yahdjian and Yumashev, {Xaris S.} and Keuskamp, {Joost A.}",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2024 The Authors. Ecology Letters published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.",

year = "2024",

month = may,

doi = "10.1111/ele.14415",

language = "English",

volume = "27",

journal = "Ecology Letters",

issn = "1461-023X",

publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd",

number = "5",

}

Sarneel, JM, Hefting, MM, Sanden, T, van den Hoogen, J, Routh, D, Adhikari, BS, Alatalo, JM, Aleksanyan, A, Althuizen, IHJ, Alsafran, MHSA, Atkins, JW, Augusto, L, Aurela, M, Azarov, AV, Barrio, IC, Beier, C, Bejarano, MD, Benham, SE, Berg, B, Bezler, NV, Bjornsdottir, K, Bolinder, MA, Carbognani, M, Gatti, RC, Chelli, S, Chistotin, MV, Christiansen, CT, Courtois, P, Crowther, TW, Dechoum, MS, Djukic, I, Duddigan, S, Egerton-Warburton, LM, Fanin, N, Fantappie, M, Fares, S, Fernandes, GW, Filippova, NV, Fliessbach, A, Fuentes, D, Godoy, R, Gruenwald, T, Guzman, G, Hawes, JE, He, Y, Hero, J-M, Hess, LL, Hogendoorn, K, Hoye, TT, Jans, WWP, Jonsdottir, IS, Keller, S, Kepfer-Rojas, S, Kuz'menko, NN, Larsen, KS, Laudon, H, Lembrechts, JJ, Li, J, Limousin, J-M, Lukin, SM, Marques, R, Marin, C, McDaniel, MD, Meek, Q, Merzlaya, GE, Michelsen, A, Montagnani, L, Mueller, P, Murugan, R, Myers-Smith, IH, Nolte, S, Ochoa-Hueso, R, Okafor, BN, Okorkov, VV, Onipchenko, VG, Orozco, MC, Parkhurst, T, Peres, CA, Bon, MP, Petraglia, A, Pingel, M, Rebmann, C, Scheffers, BR, Schmidt, I, Scholes, MC, Sheffer, E, Shevtsova, LK, Smith, SW, Sofo, A, Stevenson, PR, Strouhalova, B, Sundsdal, A, Suehs, RB, Tamene, G, Thomas, HJD, Tolunay, D, Tomaselli, M, Tresch, S, Tucker, DL, Ulyshen, MD, Valdecantos, A, Vandvik, V, Vanguelova, EI, Verheyen, K, Wang, X, Yahdjian, L, Yumashev, XS & Keuskamp, JA 2024, 'Reading tea leaves worldwide: Decoupled drivers of initial litter decomposition mass-loss rate and stabilization', Ecology Letters, vol. 27, no. 5, e14415. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14415

TY - JOUR

T1 - Reading tea leaves worldwide

T2 - Decoupled drivers of initial litter decomposition mass-loss rate and stabilization

AU - Sarneel, Judith M.

AU - Hefting, Mariet M.

AU - Sanden, Taru

AU - van den Hoogen, Johan

AU - Routh, Devin

AU - Adhikari, Bhupendra S.

AU - Alatalo, Juha M.

AU - Aleksanyan, Alla

AU - Althuizen, Inge H. J.

AU - Alsafran, Mohammed H. S. A.

AU - Atkins, Jeff W.

AU - Augusto, Laurent

AU - Aurela, Mika

AU - Azarov, Aleksej V.

AU - Barrio, Isabel C.

AU - Beier, Claus

AU - Bejarano, Maria D.

AU - Benham, Sue E.

AU - Berg, Bjorn

AU - Bezler, Nadezhda V.

AU - Bjornsdottir, Katrin

AU - Bolinder, Martin A.

AU - Carbognani, Michele

AU - Gatti, Roberto Cazzolla

AU - Chelli, Stefano

AU - Chistotin, Maxim V.

AU - Christiansen, Casper T.

AU - Courtois, Pascal

AU - Crowther, Thomas W.

AU - Dechoum, Michele S.

AU - Djukic, Ika

AU - Duddigan, Sarah

AU - Egerton-Warburton, Louise M.

AU - Fanin, Nicolas

AU - Fantappie, Maria

AU - Fares, Silvano

AU - Fernandes, Geraldo W.

AU - Filippova, Nina V.

AU - Fliessbach, Andreas

AU - Fuentes, David

AU - Godoy, Roberto

AU - Gruenwald, Thomas

AU - Guzman, Gema

AU - Hawes, Joseph E.

AU - He, Yue

AU - Hero, Jean-Marc

AU - Hess, Laura L.

AU - Hogendoorn, Katja

AU - Hoye, Toke T.

AU - Jans, Wilma W. P.

AU - Jonsdottir, Ingibjoerg S.

AU - Keller, Sabina

AU - Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian

AU - Kuz'menko, Natalya N.

AU - Larsen, Klaus S.

AU - Laudon, Hjalmar

AU - Lembrechts, Jonas J.

AU - Li, Junhui

AU - Limousin, Jean-Marc

AU - Lukin, Sergey M.

AU - Marques, Renato

AU - Marin, Cesar

AU - McDaniel, Marshall D.

AU - Meek, Qi

AU - Merzlaya, Genrietta E.

AU - Michelsen, Anders

AU - Montagnani, Leonardo

AU - Mueller, Peter

AU - Murugan, Rajasekaran

AU - Myers-Smith, Isla H.

AU - Nolte, Stefanie

AU - Ochoa-Hueso, Raul

AU - Okafor, Bernard N.

AU - Okorkov, Vladimir V.

AU - Onipchenko, Vladimir G.

AU - Orozco, Maria C.

AU - Parkhurst, Tina

AU - Peres, Carlos A.

AU - Bon, Matteo Petit

AU - Petraglia, Alessandro

AU - Pingel, Martin

AU - Rebmann, Corinna

AU - Scheffers, Brett R.

AU - Schmidt, Inger

AU - Scholes, Mary C.

AU - Sheffer, Efrat

AU - Shevtsova, Lyudmila K.

AU - Smith, Stuart W.

AU - Sofo, Adriano

AU - Stevenson, Pablo R.

AU - Strouhalova, Barbora

AU - Sundsdal, Anders

AU - Suehs, Rafael B.

AU - Tamene, Gebretsadik

AU - Thomas, Haydn J. D.

AU - Tolunay, Duygu

AU - Tomaselli, Marcello

AU - Tresch, Simon

AU - Tucker, Dominique L.

AU - Ulyshen, Michael D.

AU - Valdecantos, Alejandro

AU - Vandvik, Vigdis

AU - Vanguelova, Elena I.

AU - Verheyen, Kris

AU - Wang, Xuhui

AU - Yahdjian, Laura

AU - Yumashev, Xaris S.

AU - Keuskamp, Joost A.

PY - 2024/5

Y1 - 2024/5

N2 - The breakdown of plant material fuels soil functioning and biodiversity. Currently, process understanding of global decomposition patterns and the drivers of such patterns are hampered by the lack of coherent large-scale datasets. We buried 36,000 individual litterbags (tea bags) worldwide and found an overall negative correlation between initial mass-loss rates and stabilization factors of plant-derived carbon, using the Tea Bag Index (TBI). The stabilization factor quantifies the degree to which easy-to-degrade components accumulate during early-stage decomposition (e.g. by environmental limitations). However, agriculture and an interaction between moisture and temperature led to a decoupling between initial mass-loss rates and stabilization, notably in colder locations. Using TBI improved mass-loss estimates of natural litter compared to models that ignored stabilization. Ignoring the transformation of dead plant material to more recalcitrant substances during early-stage decomposition, and the environmental control of this transformation, could overestimate carbon losses during early decomposition in carbon cycle models.

AB - The breakdown of plant material fuels soil functioning and biodiversity. Currently, process understanding of global decomposition patterns and the drivers of such patterns are hampered by the lack of coherent large-scale datasets. We buried 36,000 individual litterbags (tea bags) worldwide and found an overall negative correlation between initial mass-loss rates and stabilization factors of plant-derived carbon, using the Tea Bag Index (TBI). The stabilization factor quantifies the degree to which easy-to-degrade components accumulate during early-stage decomposition (e.g. by environmental limitations). However, agriculture and an interaction between moisture and temperature led to a decoupling between initial mass-loss rates and stabilization, notably in colder locations. Using TBI improved mass-loss estimates of natural litter compared to models that ignored stabilization. Ignoring the transformation of dead plant material to more recalcitrant substances during early-stage decomposition, and the environmental control of this transformation, could overestimate carbon losses during early decomposition in carbon cycle models.

KW - citizen science

KW - environmental drivers

KW - global change

KW - litter decomposition

KW - mass loss

KW - soil organic matter formation

KW - stabilization

KW - tea bag index

UR - https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=d7dz6a2i7wiom976oc9ff2iqvdhv8k5x&SrcAuth=WosAPI&KeyUT=WOS:001214908300001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85192596231&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1111/ele.14415

DO - 10.1111/ele.14415

M3 - Article

C2 - 38712683

SN - 1461-023X

VL - 27

JO - Ecology Letters

JF - Ecology Letters

IS - 5

M1 - e14415

ER -

Reading tea leaves worldwide: Decoupled drivers of initial litter decomposition mass-loss rate and stabilization

Abstract

Bibliographical note

Funding

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this