The organic matter of living plants is the precursor material of the organic matter stored in
terrestrial soil ecosystems. Although a great deal of knowledge exists on the carbon turnover …

Managing soil organic matter (SOM) stocks to address global change challenges requires
well‐substantiated knowledge of SOM behavior that can be clearly communicated between …

Mineral-associated organic matter (MAOM) is considered a stable reservoir for soil nutrients
that influences long-term soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) dynamics. However, recent …

Despite decades of research progress, ecologists are still debating which pools and fluxes
provide nitrogen (N) to plants and soil microbes across different ecosystems …

Formation of mineral-organic associations is a key process in the global carbon cycle.
Recent concepts propose litter quality-controlled microbial assimilation and direct sorption …

As atmospheric carbon (C) concentrations increase, so too has interest in understanding the
mechanisms that preserve C within the soil organic matter (SOM). Mineral-associated …

Straw return is widely recommended as an effective measure to increase the amount of soil
organic carbon (SOC) and improve soil fertility in agroecosystems. However, the temporal …

Soil organic nitrogen (N) mineralization not only supports ecosystem productivity but also
weakens carbon and N accumulation in soils. Recalcitrant (mainly mineral‐associated …

Native soil organic carbon (SOC) decomposition rates may be altered through increased 18
carbon (C) input, a phenomenon known as SOC priming (Blagodatskaya et al., 2011). 19 …

Soil organic matter (SOM) plays a central role for both the C cycle and soil functions. Plants
provide the input and heterotrophic (micro) organisms are essential for the turnover …