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SUBMITTER: Garcia-Palacios P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4411175 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
García-Palacios Pablo P Maestre Fernando T FT Kattge Jens J Wall Diana H DH
Ecology letters 20130613 8
Climate and litter quality have been identified as major drivers of litter decomposition at large spatial scales. However, the role played by soil fauna remains largely unknown, despite its importance for litter fragmentation and microbial activity. We synthesised litterbag studies to quantify the effect sizes of soil fauna on litter decomposition rates at the global and biome scales, and to assess how climate, litter quality and soil fauna interact to determine such rates. Soil fauna consistent ...[more]