Cover crop root morphology rather than quality controls the fate of root and rhizodeposition C into distinct soil C pools

T Engedal, J Magid, V Hansen… - Global change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cover crops increase carbon (C) inputs to agricultural soils, and thus have the potential to
mitigate climate change through enhanced soil organic carbon (SOC) storage. However, few …

Response of grassland soil respiration to experimental warming: The long-term effects may be greater than we thought

Z Chen, D Zhao, Y Zhu, R Zhang, C Guo - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil respiration (Rs) profoundly affects the global carbon cycle, and its response to climate
warming in grasslands shows significant heterogeneity for poorly understood reasons. A …

Spatiotemporal variability and environmental controls of temperature sensitivity of ecosystem respiration across the Tibetan Plateau

D Sheng, X Meng, S Wang, Z Li, L Shang… - … in Atmospheric Sciences, 2024 - Springer
Warming-induced carbon loss via ecosystem respiration (R e) is probably intensifying in the
alpine grassland ecosystem of the Tibetan Plateau owing to more accelerated warming and …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of different vegetation types on ecosystem respiration in semiarid Loess Hilly Region, Central Gansu Province, China

C Yang, G Li, L Yan, J Wu, J Li, S Liu, Y Lu - Ecological Indicators, 2022 - Elsevier
The principal channel of carbon export from ecosystems to the atmosphere, and an
important connection in carbon exchange between land and atmosphere, is ecosystem …

[HTML][HTML] Significant changes in global maize yield sensitivity to vapor pressure deficit during 1983–2010

L Han, G Leng - Agricultural Water Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Vapor pressure deficit (VPD) is a critical factor in crop growth, and low yields are often
associated with high VPD. The adverse effects of VPD on crop yield have been well …

[HTML][HTML] Improving ecosystem respiration estimates for CO2 flux partitioning by discriminating water and temperature controls on above-and below-ground sources

S Wang, S Qin, L Cheng, K Zou, C Fu, P Liu… - Ecological Indicators, 2024 - Elsevier
Empirical models for estimating ecosystem respiration (ER) are widely used in CO 2 flux
partitioning algorithms that partition net ecosystem CO 2 exchange (NEE) into gross primary …

Reconciling top‐down and bottom‐up estimates of ecosystem respiration in a mature eucalypt forest

NJ Noh, AA Renchon, J Knauer… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ecosystem respiration (Reco) arises from interacting autotrophic and heterotrophic
processes constrained by distinct drivers. Here, we evaluated up‐scaling of observed …

Unraveling the effects of management and climate on carbon fluxes of US croplands using the USDA Long-Term Agroecosystem (LTAR) network

D Menefee, RL Scott, M Abraha, JG Alfieri… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding the carbon fluxes and dynamics from a broad range of agricultural systems
has the potential to improve our ability to increase carbon sequestration while maintaining …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial-explicit processes and refined perennial plant traits improve modeled ecosystem carbon dynamics

DM Berardi, MD Hartman, ER Brzostek, CJ Bernacchi… - Geoderma, 2024 - Elsevier
Globally, soils hold approximately half of ecosystem carbon and can serve as a source or
sink depending on climate, vegetation, management, and disturbance regimes …