Soil, the living terrestrial skin of the Earth, plays a central role in supporting life and is home
to an unimaginable diversity of microorganisms. This review explores key drivers for …

In the forest ecosystems, litterfall is an important component of the nutrient cycle that
regulates the accumulation of soil organic matter (SOM), the input and output of the …

Plants often associate with specialized decomposer communities that increase plant litter
breakdown, a phenomenon that is known as the 'home‐field advantage'(HFA). Although the …

Litter decomposition is a key step in biogeochemical cycling and energy flow underlying
ecosystem function. It is well established that dominant plants influence litter decomposition …

Background Plants condition the soil in which they grow, thereby altering the performance of
subsequent plants growing in this soil. This phenomenon, known as plant-soil feedback …

Home-field advantage (HFA) predicts that litter decomposes faster under its derived plant
species. Growing evidence suggests that HFA depends on litter chemical traits and the …

Litter decomposition plays a critical role in the nutrient cycling of terrestrial ecosystems.
According to the home-field advantage (HFA) hypothesis, litter decomposes more rapidly in …

In addition to the effect of litter quality (LQ) on decomposition, increasing evidence is
demonstrating that carbon mineralization can be influenced by the past resource history …

Climate change and associated environmental alterations affect plant communities,
potentially decoupling links between plants and their associated soil microbial communities …

Background and aims Home-field advantage (HFA) hypothesis predicts that plant litter
decomposes faster beneath the plant species from which it was derived than beneath other …