Global relationship of wood and leaf litter decomposability: the role of functional traits within and across plant organs

Department of Special Botany and Functional Biodiversity, University of Leipzig, Johannisallee 21-23, 04103 Leipzig, Germany, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, 427 East Tyler Mall, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Systems Ecology, Department of Ecological Science, VU University, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, 2212 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans Knöll Strasse 10, 07745 Jena, Germany, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA, Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden, Landcare Research, PO Box 69040, Lincoln 7640, New Zealand, CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193, Catalonia, Spain, Global Ecology, Unit CREAF-CEAB-CSIC-UAB, CSIC, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193, Catalonia, Spain, Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, 1530 Cleveland Avenue North, St Paul, MN 55108, USA, Hawkesbury Institute for Environment, University of Western Sydney, Penrith, NSW 2753, Australia, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia, Department of Biological Sciences, George Washington University, 2023 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA, Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development, Missouri Botanical Garden, PO Box 299, St Louis, MO 63166, USA, German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5, 04103 Leipzig, Germany ABSTRACT