[HTML][HTML] Tamm Review: Influence of forest management activities on soil organic carbon stocks: A knowledge synthesis

M Mayer, CE Prescott, WEA Abaker, L Augusto… - Forest Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Almost half of the total organic carbon (C) in terrestrial ecosystems is stored in forest soils.
By altering rates of input or release of C from soils, forest management activities can …

Patterns and mechanisms of responses by soil microbial communities to nitrogen addition

Z Zhou, C Wang, M Zheng, L Jiang, Y Luo - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic nitrogen (N) deposition is expected to increase substantially and
continuously in the future. Soil N availability regulates microbial communities and the …

Soil carbon storage informed by particulate and mineral-associated organic matter

MF Cotrufo, MG Ranalli, ML Haddix, J Six… - Nature Geoscience, 2019 - nature.com
Effective land-based solutions to climate change mitigation require actions that maximize
soil carbon storage without generating surplus nitrogen. Land management for carbon …

Nitrogen deposition accelerates soil carbon sequestration in tropical forests

X Lu, PM Vitousek, Q Mao, FS Gilliam… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Terrestrial ecosystem carbon (C) sequestration plays an important role in ameliorating
global climate change. While tropical forests exert a disproportionately large influence on …

A meta-analysis of soil extracellular enzyme activities in response to global change

W Xiao, X Chen, X Jing, B Zhu - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
The crucial biogeochemical processes such as carbon and nutrient cycling are increasingly
altered at the ecosystem scale by global environmental changes. Although soil extracellular …

Nitrogen limitation of decomposition and decay: how can it occur?

C Averill, B Waring - Global change biology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The availability of nitrogen (N) is a critical control on the cycling and storage of soil carbon
(C). Yet, there are conflicting conceptual models to explain how N availability influences the …

Nitrogen addition stimulates soil aggregation and enhances carbon storage in terrestrial ecosystems of China: A meta‐analysis

X Lu, E Hou, J Guo, FS Gilliam, J Li… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
China is experiencing a high level of atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition, which greatly
affects the soil carbon (C) dynamics in terrestrial ecosystems. Soil aggregation contributes to …

A keystone microbial enzyme for nitrogen control of soil carbon storage

J Chen, Y Luo, KJ Van Groenigen, BA Hungate… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Agricultural and industrial activities have increased atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition to
ecosystems worldwide. N deposition can stimulate plant growth and soil carbon (C) input …

Long‐term nitrogen addition modifies microbial composition and functions for slow carbon cycling and increased sequestration in tropical forest soil

J Tian, JAJ Dungait, X Lu, Y Yang… - Global change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrogen (N) deposition is a component of global change that has considerable impact on
belowground carbon (C) dynamics. Plant growth stimulation and alterations of fungal …

Soil microbial community composition closely associates with specific enzyme activities and soil carbon chemistry in a long-term nitrogen fertilized grassland

Y Li, C Nie, Y Liu, W Du, P He - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Due to the profound impact of nitrogen (N) input on soil systems, linking the activity and
composition of soil microbial communities to soil organic carbon (SOC) is crucial to reveal …