Application of a high-throughput laboratory method to assess litter decomposition rates in multiple-species experiments

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 929-932

  García Palacios, Pablo ^a   Milla, Rubén ^b   Álvaro Sánchez, Mónica ^b   Martín Robles, Nieves ^b   Maestro, Melchor ^c  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Laboratory incubations; Litter C:N; Litter decomposition; Litter quality; Soil microbial communities; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

LITTER C:N; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; LITTER QUALITY; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL RESPIRATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; EXPERIMENTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LABORATORIES; MICROORGANISMS;

SOILS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CROP PLANT; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; LABORATORY METHOD; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROPLATE; PLANT RESIDUE; SOIL CARBON; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 84873304730     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.09.029     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Aerts R., de Caluwe H. Initial litter respiration as indicator for long-term leaf litter decomposition of Carex species. Oikos 1997, 80:353-361.
2. Campbell C.D., Chapman S.J., Cameron C.M., Davidson M.S., Potts J.M. A rapid microtiter plate method to measure carbon dioxide evolved from carbon substrate amendments so as to determine the physiological profiles of soil microbial communities by using whole soil. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2003, 69:3593-3599.
3. Cornwell W.K., Cornelissen J.H.C., Amatangelo K., Dorrepaal E., Eviner V.T., Godoy O., et al. Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide. Ecology Letters 2008, 11:1065-1071.
4. Fierer N., Jackson J.A., Vilgalys R., Jackson R.B. Assessment of soil microbial community structure by use of taxon-specific quantitative PCR assays. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2005, 71:4117-4120.
5. Froment A. Soil respiration in a mixed oak forest. Oikos 1972, 23:273-277.
6. García-Palacios P., Bowker M.A., Maestre F.T., Soliveres S., Valladares F., Papadopoulos J., Escudero A. Ecosystem development in roadside grasslands: biotic control, plant-soil interactions and dispersal limitations. Ecological Applications 2011, 21:2806-2821.
7. Ginzburg O., Whitford W.G., Steinberger Y. Effects of harvester ant (Messor spp.) activity on soil properties and microbial communities in a Negev Desert ecosystem. Biology and Fertility of Soils 2008, 45:165-173.
8. Hättenschwiler S., Tiunov A.V., Scheu S. Biodiversity and litter decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems. Annual Reviews of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 2005, 36:191-218.
9. 2 in a temperate lowland Sphagnum peatland. Plant Ecology 2006, 182:13-24.
10. Mondini C., Sinicco T., Cayuela M.L., Sanchez-Monedero M.A. A simple automated system for measuring soil respiration by gas chromatography. Talanta 2010, 81:849-855.
11. Schipper L.A., Degens B.P., Sparling G.P., Duncan L.C. Changes in microbial heterotrophic diversity along five plant successional sequences. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 2001, 33:2093-2103.
12. Sherman C., Steinberger Y. Microbial functional diversity associated with plant litter decomposition along a climatic gradient. Microbial Ecology 2012, 64:399-415.
13. Strickland M., Osbourn E., Lauber C.L., Fierer N., Bradford M.A. Litter quality is in the eye of the beholder: initial decomposition rates as a function of inoculum characteristics. Functional Ecology 2009, 23:627-636.
14. Teuben A. Nutrient availability and interactions between soil arthropods and microorganisms during decomposition of coniferous litter: a mesocosm study. Biology and Fertility of Soils 1991, 10:256-266.
15. Wardle D.A., Bardgett R.D., Klironomos J.N., Setälä H., van der Putten W.H., Wall D.H. Ecological linkages between aboveground and belowground biota. Science 2004, 304:1629-1633.