Soil fungi and bacteria are the key players in the transformation and processing of carbon
and nutrients in terrestrial ecosystems, yet controls on their abundance and activity are not …

It has long been believed that soil microbial activity in tropical forest ecosystems is limited by
phosphorus (P) rather than nitrogen (N) availability. In this study, we reviewed the methods …

Elevated nitrogen (N) deposition in humid tropical regions may aggravate phosphorus (P)
deficiency in forest on old weathered soil found in these regions. From January 2007 to …

Lack of carbon has been assumed to be the most common limiting factor for bacterial growth
in soil, although there are reports of limitation by other nutrients, eg nitrogen and …

Input of easily available C and N sources increases microbial activity in soil and may induce
priming effects (PE)—short-term changes in SOM decomposition after substrate addition …

The quantity and chemical composition of soil organic carbon (C) are primary factors
controlling the growth and activity of soil microorganisms. However, availability of …

Climate models predict precipitation changes for much of the humid tropics, yet few studies
have investigated the potential consequences of drought on soil carbon (C) cycling in this …

Nitrogen (N) deposition to soils is globally rising, but its effect on soil organic carbon (SOC)
turnover is still uncertain. Moreover, common theories of stoichiometric decomposition and …

Does the soil microbial biomass (SMB) in terrestrial ecosystems present well‐constrained
atomic carbon: nitrogen: phosphorus (C: N: P) ratios, analogous to the planktonic biomass in …

Soil extracellular enzymes mediate organic matter turnover and nutrient cycling yet remain
little studied in one of Earth's most rapidly changing, productive biomes: tropical forests …