Empirical evidence for the response of soil carbon cycling to the combined effects of
warming, drought and diversity loss is scarce. Microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) plays a …

Microbial growth and carbon use efficiency (CUE) are central to the global carbon cycle, as
microbial remains form soil organic matter. We investigated how future global changes may …

The strategy that microbial decomposers take with respect to using substrate for growth
versus maintenance is one essential biological determinant of the propensity of carbon to …

The relationship between biodiversity and biomass has been a long standing debate in
ecology. Soil biodiversity and biomass are essential drivers of ecosystem functions …

A better understanding of soil microbial ecology is critical to gaining an understanding of
terrestrial carbon (C) cycle–climate change feedbacks. However, current knowledge limits …

The degree to which climate warming will stimulate soil organic carbon (SOC) losses via
heterotrophic respiration remains uncertain, in part because different or even opposite …

Soils store more carbon than other terrestrial ecosystems,. How soil organic carbon (SOC)
forms and persists remains uncertain,, which makes it challenging to understand how it will …

Soil microorganisms act as gatekeepers for soil–atmosphere carbon exchange by balancing
the accumulation and release of soil organic matter. However, poor understanding of the …

Soil carbon feedbacks to global change are uncertain, and the biological processes that
govern soil organic matter decomposition are not resolved in current ecosystem models …

Soils are the largest repository of organic carbon (C) in the terrestrial biosphere and
represent an important source of carbon dioxide (CO2) to the atmosphere, releasing 60–75 …