Soils are hotspots of diversity and sustain many globally important functions. Here we focus on the most burning issue: how to keep soils as carbon sinks while maintaining their …
Terrestrial ecosystems remove about 30 per cent of the carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted by human activities each year, yet the persistence of this carbon sink depends partly on how …
J Prommer, TWN Walker, W Wanek… - Global change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Species‐rich plant communities have been shown to be more productive and to exhibit increased long‐term soil organic carbon (SOC) storage. Soil microorganisms are central to …
Direct quantification of terrestrial biosphere responses to global change is crucial for projections of future climate change in Earth system models. Here, we synthesized …
Plants buffer increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations through enhanced growth, but the question whether nitrogen availability constrains the magnitude of …
AC Finzi, RZ Abramoff, KS Spiller… - Global change …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
While there is an emerging view that roots and their associated microbes actively alter resource availability and soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition, the ecosystem …
Rhizosphere priming is the change in decomposition of soil organic matter (SOM) caused by root activity. Rhizosphere priming plays a crucial role in soil carbon (C) dynamics and their …
WH Schlesinger, JA Andrews - Biogeochemistry, 2000 - Springer
Soil respiration is the primary path by which CO 2 fixed by land plants returns to the atmosphere. Estimated at approximately 75× 10 15 gC/yr, this large natural flux is likely to …