Litter Mixing | List of Frontiers open access articles

Original Research

Published on 05 Feb 2025

Rainfall distribution variability controls surface but not belowground litter decomposition in a semi-arid shrubland

in Functional Plant Ecology

Yulin Li
Li Cheng
Honglin Yang
Rui Zhang
Zhiying Ning

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1455170

1,774 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 08 Nov 2022

Litter mixing promoted decomposition rate through increasing diversities of phyllosphere microbial communities

in Terrestrial Microbiology

Jiaying Liu
Changjun Ding
Weixi Zhang
Yawei Wei
Yongbin Zhou
Wenxu Zhu

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1009091

6,618 views
26 citations

Original Research

Published on 18 Mar 2026

Litter mixture decomposition enhances the accumulation of soil active carbon and nitrogen in an alpine grassland

in Terrestrial Microbiology

Xiaogang Dong
Zhiyang Zhang
Zhangwen Liu
Yixuan Li
Jianjun Cao
Shiting Zhang

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1801190

612 views

Original Research

Published on 07 Nov 2022

Effects of litter chemical traits and species richness on soil carbon cycling changed over time

in Soil Processes

Hongling Yang
Yulin Li
Jin Zhan
Chelmeg Bao
Yongqing Luo

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2022.1023831

3,588 views
9 citations

Original Research

Published on 09 Dec 2022

Mixed-litter effects of fresh leaf semi-decomposed litter and fine root on soil enzyme activity and microbial community in an evergreen broadleaf karst forest in southwest China

in Plant Nutrition

Bing Mao
Tingting Cui
Tongqing Su
Qiangsheng Xu
Feng Lu
Hongxin Su
Jianbing Zhang
Shuangshuang Xiao

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2022.1065807

3,414 views
5 citations

Original Research

Published on 03 Mar 2021

Species Diversity Induces Idiosyncratic Effects on Litter Decomposition in a Degraded Meadow Steppe

in Biogeochemical Dynamics

Iqra Naeem
Talal Asif
Xuefeng Wu
Nazim Hassan
Liu Yiming
Hongjun Wang
Ling Wang
Deli Wang

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2021.582409

4,074 views
7 citations

Original Research

Published on 15 Dec 2022

Effects of warming and litter positions on litter decomposition in a boreal peatland

in Population, Community, and Ecosystem Dynamics

Guobao Ma
Xianwei Wang
Xiaoxin Sun
Shujie Wang
Yu Du
Jingyi Jiang

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2022.1078104

3,337 views
3 citations

Articles

Rainfall distribution variability controls surface but not belowground litter decomposition in a semi-arid shrubland

Litter mixing promoted decomposition rate through increasing diversities of phyllosphere microbial communities

Litter mixture decomposition enhances the accumulation of soil active carbon and nitrogen in an alpine grassland

Effects of litter chemical traits and species richness on soil carbon cycling changed over time

Mixed-litter effects of fresh leaf semi-decomposed litter and fine root on soil enzyme activity and microbial community in an evergreen broadleaf karst forest in southwest China

Species Diversity Induces Idiosyncratic Effects on Litter Decomposition in a Degraded Meadow Steppe

Effects of warming and litter positions on litter decomposition in a boreal peatland