subject area of Agricultural intensification, soil biodiversity and agroecosystem function in the tropics: the role of decomposer biota. Applying the aboveground-belowground interaction concept in agriculture: Spatio-temporal scales matter Arbuscular mycorrhiza enhance the rate of litter decomposition while inhibiting soil microbial community development Bacterial indicator taxa in soils under different long-term agricultural management. Compensatory mechanisms of litter decomposition under alternating moisture regimes in tropical rice fields Earthworm and microbe response to litter and soils of tropical forest plantations with contrasting C:N:P stoichiometric ratios Effects of Residue Management on Decomposition in Irrigated Rice Fields Are Not Related to Changes in the Decomposer Community. Identification of relevant non-target organisms exposed to weevil-resistant Bt sweetpotato in Uganda Lasting influence of biochemically contrasting organic inputs on abundance and community structure of total and proteolytic bacteria in tropical soils Microbial ecology of acid tropical soils — A preliminary report Quantifying the factors affecting leaf litter decomposition across a tropical forest disturbance gradient Reduced efficiency of tropical flies (Diptera) in the decomposition of snail cadavers following molluscicide poisoning