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We used a microcosm approach with leaves of alder, oak and eucalypt previously colonised by microbes in a mixed forest stream to test how loss of litter diversity and time (2 and 6 months after loss of diversity) affect leaf consumption by invertebrate shredders, the elemental composition of shredder tissues, and the quality of fine particulate organic matter (FPOM). The number and identity of leaf species affected leaf consumption and FPOM production by shredders. Effects of leaf species diversity were positive and became more frequent with time after loss of diversity. Carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) composition of invertebrate tissues changed with the leaf identity. FPOM quality (C\u00a0:\u00a0N ratio) was positively correlated with leaf quality. Leaf consumption by the animals decreased linearly with the increase in C\u00a0:\u00a0N imbalance between leaf litter and invertebrate tissues. 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