Terrestrial microbial decomposer communities thrive on a wide range of organic matter
types that rarely ever meet their elemental demands. In this review we synthesize the current …

Phosphorus (P) is an indispensable element for all life on Earth and, during the past decade,
concerns about the future of its global supply have stimulated much research on soil P and …

The quantification of net soil organic P mineralization rates is hampered by the potentially
rapid sorption of released phosphate. Here, isotopic dilution approaches to assess gross …

Gross phosphorus (P) fluxes measured in isotopic dilution studies with 33P labeled soils
include the biological processes of microbial P immobilization, remineralization of …

Biogeochemical weathering of bedrock is the most important input of silicon (Si) and
phosphorus (P) to forest ecosystems. While soil microbes, and in particular P-solubilizing …

Phosphorus (P) is one of the most important nutrients for plant growth. While most studies on
microbial P mobilization, ie on mineralization of organic P and solubilization of inorganic P …

Microbial biomass phosphorus (P) can play an important role in P cycling and availability to
plants by acting as a source (remineralization) or sink (immobilization) of phosphate ions …

Despite that organic phosphorus (Po) is a source of bioavailable P during the early stage of
soil development, it remains unclear whether P availability or organic carbon (C) …

Incorporating the phosphorus (P) cycle in climate-carbon cycle models—or calibrating
pedotransfer functions to predict available soil P—are important issues. To achieve them we …

The globally expanding colonization of grasslands by shrubs increases soil organic carbon
and nitrogen, but the effects of shrubs on phosphorus (P) cycling have been rarely studied …