@article{Djukic_Guerra_Maestre_Hagedorn_Oggioni_Bergami_Magagna_Kwon_Shibata_Eisenhauer_Patoine_Bierbaumer_Kepfer-Rojas_Kappel Schmidt_Steenberg Larsen_Beier_Berg_Verheyen_Trevathan-Tackett_Macreadie_initiative_2021, title={The TeaComposition Initiative: Unleashing the power of international collaboration to understand litter decomposition }, volume={93}, url={https://soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO/article/view/151}, DOI={10.25674/so93iss1pp73}, abstractNote={<p>Collected harmonized data on global litter decomposition are of great relevance for scientists, policymakers, and for education of the next generation of researchers and environmental managers. Here we describe the TeaComposition initiative, a global and open research collaborative network to study organic matter decomposition in a standardized way allowing comparison of decomposition rate and carbon turnover across global and regional gradients of ecosystems, climate, soils etc. The TeaComposition initiative today involves 570 terrestrial and 300 aquatic ecosystems from nine biomes worldwide.  Further, we describe how to get involved in the TeaComposition initiative by (a) implementing the standard protocol within your study site, (b) joining task forces in data analyses, syntheses and modelling efforts, (c) using collected data and samples for further analyses through joint projects, (d) using collected data for graduate seminars, and (e) strengthening synergies between biogeochemical research and a wide range of stakeholders. These collaborative efforts within/emerging from the TeaComposition initiative, thereby, will leverage our understanding  on litter decomposition at the global scale and strengthen global collaborations  essential for addressing grand scientific challenges in a rapidly changing world.</p>}, number={1}, journal={SOIL ORGANISMS}, author={Djukic, Ika and Guerra, Carlos A. and Maestre, Fernando T. and Hagedorn, Frank and Oggioni, Alessandro and Bergami, Caterina and Magagna, Barbara and Kwon, TaeOh and Shibata, Hideaki and Eisenhauer, Nico and Patoine, Guillaume and Bierbaumer, Michael and Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian and Kappel Schmidt, Inger and Steenberg Larsen, Klaus and Beier, Claus and Berg, Björn and Verheyen, Kris and Trevathan-Tackett, Stacey M. and Macreadie, Peter I. and initiative, TeaComposition}, year={2021}, month={Apr.}, pages={73–78} }