Non-additive effect of species diversity and temperature sensitivity of mixed litter decomposition in the alpine meadow on Tibetan Plateau

• Published in: Soil biology & biochemistry Vol. 57; pp. 841 - 847
• Main Authors: Duan, Jichuang, Wang, Shiping, Zhang, Zhenhua, Xu, Guangping, Luo, Caiyun, Chang, Xiaofeng, Zhu, Xiaoxue, Cui, Shujuan, Zhao, Xinquan, Wang, Wenying, Du, Mingyuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2013; Elsevier
• Subjects: Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; alpine meadows; Alpine region; bags; Biochemistry and biology; Biological and medical sciences; Chemical, physicochemical, biochemical and biological properties; China; climate; climate change; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Global warming; Litter composition; Litter species richness; Mixed litter mass loss; Non-additive effect; Physics, chemistry, biochemistry and biology of agricultural and forest soils; shrubs; Soil science; species diversity; temperature; Temperature sensitivity; Tibetan Plateau; China; Central Asia; Asia; China, People's Rep., Xizang, Tibetan Plateau; Tibetan Plateau; Temperature sensitivity; Mixed litter mass loss; Alpine region; Litter composition; Global warming; Litter species richness; Non-additive effect; Grassland; Warming; Litter; Decomposition; Alpine grasslands; Thermal sensitivity; Dynamical climatology; Soils; Climate change; Species diversity; Global change; Soil science; Species richness

Few studies of the effects of litter diversity on the temperature sensitivity of mixed litter mass loss (MLML) are available. We tested the hypothesis that high litter diversity would reduce the magnitude of effects of climate and environmental change on MLML with 0.5/1 mm litter bags and sampling o...