The response of soil organic matter (OM) decomposition to increasing temperature is a
critical aspect of ecosystem responses to global change. The impacts of climate warming on …

Soil organic matter (SOM) represents one of the largest reservoirs of carbon on the global
scale. Thus, the temperature sensitivity of bulk SOM and of different SOM fractions is a key …

With the eddy covariance (EC) technique, net fluxes of carbon dioxide (CO 2) and other
trace gases as well as water and energy fluxes can be measured at the ecosystem level …

Microbial decomposition of soil organic matter produces a major flux of CO2 from terrestrial
ecosystems and can act as a feedback to climate change. Although climate‐carbon models …

This experiment was designed to study three determinant factors in decomposition patterns
of soil organic matter (SOM): temperature, water and carbon (C) inputs. The study combined …

Environmental context. On a global scale, soils store more carbon than plants or the
atmosphere. The cycling of this vast reservoir of reduced carbon is closely tied to variations …

We analyzed 13 years (1992− 2004) of CO2 flux data, biometry, and meteorology from a
mixed deciduous forest in central Massachusetts. Annual net uptake of CO2 ranged from 1.0 …

The relationship between organic matter (OM) lability and temperature sensitivity is
disputed, with recent observations suggesting that responses of relatively more resistant OM …

Investigations focusing on the temperature sensitivity of microbial activity and nutrient
turnover in soils improve our understanding of potential effects of global warming. This study …

Climate warming will affect terrestrial ecosystems in many ways, and warming‐induced
changes in terrestrial carbon (C) cycling could accelerate or slow future warming. So far …