Insect herbivory increases litter quality and decomposition: An extension of the acceleration hypothesis

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• herbivory 100%
• insect 78%
• litter 78%
• herbivore 65%
• decomposition 60%
• nutrient cycling 23%
• litterfall 17%
• nitrogen 12%
• removal experiment 9%
• moth 9%
• rate 9%
• genetic variation 8%
• ecosystem 8%
• boring 7%
• monument 7%
• lignin 7%
• ecosystem function 7%
• chemical 6%
• mosaic 6%
• crater 6%
• woodland 6%
• stem 6%
• chemical composition 5%
• phosphorus 5%
• nutrient 4%
• carbon 3%
• distribution 2%
• effect 1%

Agriculture & Biology

• herbivores 71%
• insects 52%
• degradation 50%
• biogeochemical cycles 23%
• scale insects 18%
• Matsucoccus acalyptus 14%
• plant litter 14%
• Dioryctria 12%
• Pinus edulis 11%
• ecosystems 10%
• monuments 9%
• nitrogen 8%
• ecological function 8%
• carbon nitrogen ratio 7%
• mesophyll 7%
• woodlands 6%
• moths 6%
• lignin 5%
• chemical composition 5%
• phosphorus 5%
• stems 4%
• genetic variation 4%
• nutrients 4%