Heterotrophic soil microbial respiration—one of the main processes of carbon loss from the
soil to the atmosphere—is sensitive to temperature in the short term. However, how this …

In the short‐term heterotrophic soil respiration is strongly and positively related to
temperature. In the long‐term, its response to temperature is uncertain. One reason for this is …

The respiratory release of carbon dioxide (CO2) from soil is a major yet poorly understood
flux in the global carbon cycle. Climatic warming is hypothesized to increase rates of soil …

Soil respiration represents a major carbon flux between terrestrial ecosystems and the
atmosphere, and is expected to accelerate under climate warming. Despite its importance in …

Respiration of heterotrophic microorganisms decomposing soil organic carbon releases
carbon dioxide from soils to the atmosphere. In the short term, soil microbial respiration is …

Climate warming may stimulate microbial metabolism of soil carbon, causing a carbon-cycle–
climate feedback whereby carbon is redistributed from the soil to atmospheric CO2. The …

Increasing global temperatures are predicted to stimulate soil microbial respiration. The
direct and indirect impacts of warming on soil microbes, nevertheless, remain unclear. This …

Microbial decomposition of soil organic matter produces a major flux of CO2 from terrestrial
ecosystems and can act as a feedback to climate change. Although climate‐carbon models …

Temperature regulates the rate of biogeochemical cycles. One way it does so is through
control of microbial metabolism. Warming effects on metabolism change with time as …

The magnitude of the feedback between soil microbial respiration and increased mean
temperature may decrease (a process called thermal adaptation) or increase over time, and …