J. Å. Martin Wetterstedt

TL;DR: In this paper, a new conceptual model that explicitly identifies the processes controlling soil organic matter availability for decomposition and allows a more explicit description of the factors regulating OM decomposition under different circumstances is presented.

TL;DR: This work uses a simple model of plant growth and nutrient uptake to explore the consequences for the plant's relative growth rate of letting plants invest differentially in N and P uptake and finds a smooth transition between limiting elements.

TL;DR: In this paper, the temperature sensitivity of decomposition of soil organic matter should increase with increasing recalcitrance, and this hypothesis was tested in a laboratory experiment with wheat straw, spruce needle litter and mor humus.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used a simple, analytical model to investigate how three different mechanisms (i) the rate at which decomposers take up substrate at their surface, (ii), the rate by which substrate diffuses up to the surface of the decomposer, and (iii) the surface availability of substrate is made available in the environment interact to determine the temperature response.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors measured the 14C and 13C signatures of CO2 respired from surface and deep soils released through multiple dry/rewetting cycles in laboratory incubations.