Bilderback A. H., Torres A. J., Vega M., Ball B. A., The structural and nutrient chemistry during early-stage decomposition and desiccation of cacti in the Sonoran Desert, Journal of Arid Environments, 2021, 195:104636, doi: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2021.104636
A one-year study of drying and decomposition in fragments of Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa and Opuntia chlorotica. It compares losses of water, ash-free dry mass and elements, as well as soil CO₂ emissions under changing moisture and temperature conditions.