Soil organic matter formation, persistence, and functioning: A synthesis of current understanding to inform its conservation and regeneration

MF Cotrufo, JM Lavallee - Advances in agronomy, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil organic matter (SOM) provides vital services to humanity. Its preservation and further
accrual are key to sustain food production and avoid an irreversible climate crisis. Here we …

Microbial models for simulating soil carbon dynamics: A review

AK Chandel, L Jiang, Y Luo - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Soils store the largest amount of carbon (C) in the biosphere, and the C pool in soil is critical
to the global C balance. Numerous microbial models have been developed over the last few …

Carbon-phosphorus cycle models overestimate CO2 enrichment response in a mature Eucalyptus forest

M Jiang, BE Medlyn, D Wårlind, J Knauer… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The importance of phosphorus (P) in regulating ecosystem responses to climate change has
fostered P-cycle implementation in land surface models, but their CO2 effects predictions …

Mismatch of N release from the permafrost and vegetative uptake opens pathways of increasing nitrous oxide emissions in the high Arctic

F Lacroix, S Zaehle, S Caldararu… - Global change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biogeochemical cycling in permafrost‐affected ecosystems remains associated with large
uncertainties, which could impact the Earth's greenhouse gas budget and future climate …

BODIUM—A systemic approach to model the dynamics of soil functions

S König, U Weller, B Betancur‐Corredor… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The increasing demand for biomass for food, animal feed, fibre and bioenergy requires
optimization of soil productivity, while at the same time, protecting other soil functions such …

Modelling dynamic interactions between soil structure and the storage and turnover of soil organic matter

KHE Meurer, C Chenu, E Coucheney… - …, 2020 - bg.copernicus.org
Models of soil organic carbon (SOC) storage and turnover can be useful tools to analyse the
effects of soil and crop management practices and climate change on soil organic carbon …

Tradeoffs and synergies in tropical forest root traits and dynamics for nutrient and water acquisition: field and modeling advances

DF Cusack, SD Addo-Danso, EA Agee… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Vegetation processes are fundamentally limited by nutrient and water availability, the uptake
of which is mediated by plant roots in terrestrial ecosystems. While tropical forests play a …

Toward a coordinated understanding of hydro‐biogeochemical root functions in tropical forests for application in vegetation models

DF Cusack, B Christoffersen, CM Smith‐Martin… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical forest root characteristics and resource acquisition strategies are underrepresented
in vegetation and global models, hampering the prediction of forest–climate feedbacks for …

Reviews and syntheses: Ironing out wrinkles in the soil phosphorus cycling paradigm

CA McConnell, JP Kaye, AR Kemanian - Biogeosciences, 2020 - bg.copernicus.org
Soil phosphorus (P) management remains a critical challenge for agriculture worldwide, and
yet we are still unable to predict soil P dynamics as confidently as that of carbon (C) or …

Microbial competition for phosphorus limits the CO2 response of a mature forest

M Jiang, KY Crous, Y Carrillo, CA Macdonald… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The capacity for terrestrial ecosystems to sequester additional carbon (C) with rising CO2
concentrations depends on soil nutrient availability,. Previous evidence suggested that …