Soil carbon feedbacks to global change are uncertain, and the biological processes that
govern soil organic matter decomposition are not resolved in current ecosystem models …

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The complexity of processes and interactions that drive soil C dynamics necessitate the use
of proxy variables to represent soil characteristics that cannot be directly measured …

Studies of the decomposition, transformation and stabilization of soil organic matter (SOM)
have dramatically increased in recent years owing to growing interest in studying the global …

Aim Although global patterns are emerging for the soil total microbial biomass pool, our
understanding of the distribution of the finer groups, especially bacterial and fungal biomass …

Aim Quantify direct and indirect relationships between soil microbial community properties
(potential basal respiration, microbial biomass) and abiotic factors (soil, climate) in three …

The degree to which climate warming will stimulate soil organic carbon (SOC) losses via
heterotrophic respiration remains uncertain, in part because different or even opposite …

Soil microbes play key roles in driving and regulating nutrient cycling in terrestrial
ecosystems. However, a lack of global-scale information regarding the distribution of soil …

The relative contributions of aboveground versus belowground plant carbon inputs to the
stable soil organic carbon pool are the subject of much debate—with direct implications for …

Optimal methods for incorporating soil microbial mechanisms of carbon (C) cycling into
Earth system models (ESMs) are still under debate. Specifically, whether soil microbial …