@article{01JK85EJFFS3YCZJ293HB8S3WQ,
  abstract     = {{The breakdown of plant material fuels soil functioning and biodiversity. Currently, process understanding of global decomposition patterns and the drivers of such patterns are hampered by the lack of coherent large-scale datasets. We buried 36,000 individual litterbags (tea bags) worldwide and found an overall negative correlation between initial mass-loss rates and stabilization factors of plant-derived carbon, using the Tea Bag Index (TBI). The stabilization factor quantifies the degree to which easy-to-degrade components accumulate during early-stage decomposition (e.g. by environmental limitations). However, agriculture and an interaction between moisture and temperature led to a decoupling between initial mass-loss rates and stabilization, notably in colder locations. Using TBI improved mass-loss estimates of natural litter compared to models that ignored stabilization. Ignoring the transformation of dead plant material to more recalcitrant substances during early-stage decomposition, and the environmental control of this transformation, could overestimate carbon losses during early decomposition in carbon cycle models.}},
  articleno    = {{e14415}},
  author       = {{Sarneel, Judith M. and Hefting, Mariet M. and Sandén, Taru and van den Hoogen, Johan and Routh, Devin and Adhikari, Bhupendra S. and Alatalo, Juha M. and Aleksanyan, Alla and Althuizen, Inge H. J. and Alsafran, Mohammed H. S. A. and Atkins, Jeff W. and Augusto, Laurent and Aurela, Mika and Azarov, Aleksej V. and Barrio, Isabel C. and Beier, Claus and Bejarano, María D. and Benham, Sue E. and Berg, Björn and Bezler, Nadezhda V. and Björnsdóttir, Katrín and Bolinder, Martin A. and Carbognani, Michele and Cazzolla Gatti, Roberto and Chelli, Stefano and Chistotin, Maxim V. and Christiansen, Casper T. and Courtois, Pascal and Crowther, Thomas W. and Dechoum, Michele S. and Djukic, Ika and Duddigan, Sarah and Egerton‐Warburton, Louise M. and Fanin, Nicolas and Fantappiè, Maria and Fares, Silvano and Fernandes, Geraldo W. and Filippova, Nina V. and Fliessbach, Andreas and Fuentes, David and Godoy, Roberto and Grünwald, Thomas and Guzmán, Gema and Hawes, Joseph E. and He, Yue and Hero, Jean‐Marc and Hess, Laura L. and Hogendoorn, Katja and Høye, Toke T. and Jans, Wilma W. P. and Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg S. and Keller, Sabina and Kepfer‐Rojas, Sebastian and Kuz'menko, Natalya N. and Larsen, Klaus S. and Laudon, Hjalmar and Lembrechts, Jonas J. and Li, Junhui and Limousin, Jean‐Marc and Lukin, Sergey M. and Marques, Renato and Marín, César and McDaniel, Marshall D. and Meek, Qi and Merzlaya, Genrietta E. and Michelsen, Anders and Montagnani, Leonardo and Mueller, Peter and Murugan, Rajasekaran and Myers‐Smith, Isla H. and Nolte, Stefanie and Ochoa‐Hueso, Raúl and Okafor, Bernard N. and Okorkov, Vladimir V. and Onipchenko, Vladimir G. and Orozco, María C. and Parkhurst, Tina and Peres, Carlos A. and Petit Bon, Matteo and Petraglia, Alessandro and Pingel, Martin and Rebmann, Corinna and Scheffers, Brett R. and Schmidt, Inger and Scholes, Mary C. and Sheffer, Efrat and Shevtsova, Lyudmila K. and Smith, Stuart W. and Sofo, Adriano and Stevenson, Pablo R. and Strouhalová, Barbora and Sundsdal, Anders and Sühs, Rafael B. and Tamene, Gebretsadik and Thomas, Haydn J. D. and Tolunay, Duygu and Tomaselli, Marcello and Tresch, Simon and Tucker, Dominique L. and Ulyshen, Michael D. and Valdecantos, Alejandro and Vandvik, Vigdis and Vanguelova, Elena I. and Verheyen, Kris and Wang, Xuhui and Yahdjian, Laura and Yumashev, Xaris S. and Keuskamp, Joost A.}},
  issn         = {{1461-023X}},
  journal      = {{ECOLOGY LETTERS}},
  keywords     = {{citizen science,environmental drivers,global change,litter decomposition,mass loss,soil organic matter formation,stabilization,tea bag index,SOIL ORGANIC-MATTER,MICROBIAL COMMUNITY,BAG INDEX,CARBON,CLIMATE,DYNAMICS,PATTERNS,FORESTS,QUALITY,PINE}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{5}},
  pages        = {{14}},
  title        = {{Reading tea leaves worldwide : decoupled drivers of initial litter decomposition mass‐loss rate and stabilization}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14415}},
  volume       = {{27}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}

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