%0 Journal Article %1 ISI:000260307100016 %A Wall, H. Diana %A Bradford, A. Mark %A John, G. Mark St. %A Trofymow, A. John %A Behan-Pelletier, Valerie %A Bignell, D. E. Davi %A Dangerfield, Mark J. %A Parton, J. William %A Rusek, Josef %A Voigt, Winfried %A Wolters, Volkmar %A Gardel, Zadeh Holley %A Ayuke, O. Fred %A Bashford, Richard %A Beljakova, I. Olga %A Bohlen, J. Patrick %A Brauman, Alain %A Flemming, Stephen %A Henschel, R. Joh %A Johnson, L. Dan %A Jones, Hefin T. %A Kovarova, Marcela %A Kranabetter, Marty J. %A Kutny, Les %A Lin, Kuo-Chuan %A Maryati, Mohamed %A Masse, Dominique %A Pokarzhevskii, Andrei %A Rahman, Homathevi %A Sabara, G. Millor %A Salamon, Joerg-Alfred %A Swift, J. Michael %A Varela, Amanda %A Vasconcelos, L. Heraldo %A White, Don %A Zou, Xiaoming %D 2008 %J GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY %K biodiversity climate_decomposition_index decomposition litter mesofauna soil soil_carbon soil_fauna %N 11 %P 2661-2677 %T Global decomposition experiment shows soil animal impacts on decomposition are climate-dependent %V 14 %X Climate and litter quality are primary drivers of terrestrial decomposition and, based on evidence from multisite experiments at regional and global scales, are universally factored into global decomposition models. In contrast, soil animals are considered key regulators of decomposition at local scales but their role at larger scales is unresolved. Soil animals are consequently excluded from global models of organic mineralization processes. Incomplete assessment of the roles of soil animals stems from the difficulties of manipulating invertebrate animals experimentally across large geographic gradients. This is compounded by deficient or inconsistent taxonomy. We report a global decomposition experiment to assess the importance of soil animals in C mineralization, in which a common grass litter substrate was exposed to natural decomposition in either control or reduced animal treatments across 30 sites distributed from 43 degrees S to 68 degrees N on six continents. Animals in the me

@article{ISI:000260307100016, abstract = {Climate and litter quality are primary drivers of terrestrial decomposition and, based on evidence from multisite experiments at regional and global scales, are universally factored into global decomposition models. In contrast, soil animals are considered key regulators of decomposition at local scales but their role at larger scales is unresolved. Soil animals are consequently excluded from global models of organic mineralization processes. Incomplete assessment of the roles of soil animals stems from the difficulties of manipulating invertebrate animals experimentally across large geographic gradients. This is compounded by deficient or inconsistent taxonomy. We report a global decomposition experiment to assess the importance of soil animals in C mineralization, in which a common grass litter substrate was exposed to natural decomposition in either control or reduced animal treatments across 30 sites distributed from 43 degrees S to 68 degrees N on six continents. Animals in the me}, added-at = {2009-02-13T14:18:43.000+0100}, author = {Wall, H. Diana and Bradford, A. Mark and John, G. Mark St. and Trofymow, A. John and Behan-Pelletier, Valerie and Bignell, D. E. Davi and Dangerfield, Mark J. and Parton, J. William and Rusek, Josef and Voigt, Winfried and Wolters, Volkmar and Gardel, Zadeh Holley and Ayuke, O. Fred and Bashford, Richard and Beljakova, I. Olga and Bohlen, J. Patrick and Brauman, Alain and Flemming, Stephen and Henschel, R. Joh and Johnson, L. Dan and Jones, Hefin T. and Kovarova, Marcela and Kranabetter, Marty J. and Kutny, Les and Lin, Kuo-Chuan and Maryati, Mohamed and Masse, Dominique and Pokarzhevskii, Andrei and Rahman, Homathevi and Sabara, G. Millor and Salamon, Joerg-Alfred and Swift, J. Michael and Varela, Amanda and Vasconcelos, L. Heraldo and White, Don and Zou, Xiaoming}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/22882fe403d13b18ce15299a17d994fe3/tieroeko}, interhash = {a5bdc506200fb80ed151dbcb77b1d1ac}, intrahash = {2882fe403d13b18ce15299a17d994fe3}, issn = {1354-1013}, journal = {GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY}, keywords = {biodiversity climate_decomposition_index decomposition litter mesofauna soil soil_carbon soil_fauna}, number = 11, pages = {2661-2677}, timestamp = {2009-02-13T14:18:43.000+0100}, title = {Global decomposition experiment shows soil animal impacts on decomposition are climate-dependent}, volume = 14, year = 2008 }