The contentious nature of soil organic matter

J Lehmann, M Kleber - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
The exchange of nutrients, energy and carbon between soil organic matter, the soil
environment, aquatic systems and the atmosphere is important for agricultural productivity …

Soil enzymes in response to climate warming: Mechanisms and feedbacks

N Fanin, M Mooshammer, M Sauvadet… - Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Soil enzymes are central to ecosystem processes because they mediate numerous
reactions that are essential in biogeochemical cycles. However, how soil enzyme activities …

Temperature sensitivity of SOM decomposition is linked with a K‐selected microbial community

H Li, S Yang, MV Semenov, F Yao, J Ye… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Temperature sensitivity (Q10) of soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition is a crucial
parameter to predict the fate of soil carbon (C) under global warming. Nonetheless, the …

Soil carbon persistence governed by plant input and mineral protection at regional and global scales

L Chen, K Fang, B Wei, S Qin, X Feng, T Hu… - Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Elucidating the processes underlying the persistence of soil organic matter (SOM) is a
prerequisite for projecting soil carbon feedback to climate change. However, the potential …

The knowns, known unknowns and unknowns of sequestration of soil organic carbon

U Stockmann, MA Adams, JW Crawford… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2013 - Elsevier
Soil contains approximately 2344Gt (1 gigaton= 1 billion tonnes) of organic carbon globally
and is the largest terrestrial pool of organic carbon. Small changes in the soil organic carbon …

Persistence of soil organic matter as an ecosystem property

MWI Schmidt, MS Torn, S Abiven, T Dittmar… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Globally, soil organic matter (SOM) contains more than three times as much carbon as either
the atmosphere or terrestrial vegetation. Yet it remains largely unknown why some SOM …

Responses of soil heterotrophic respiration to moisture availability: An exploration of processes and models

FE Moyano, S Manzoni, C Chenu - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2013 - Elsevier
Soil moisture strongly affects the dynamics of soil organic matter and is an important
environmental variable in all models predicting changes in soil carbon stocks from site to …

Consistent effects of nitrogen amendments on soil microbial communities and processes across biomes

KS Ramirez, JM Craine, N Fierer - Global change biology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Ecosystems worldwide are receiving increasing amounts of reactive nitrogen (N) via
anthropogenic activities with the added N having potentially important impacts on …

Temperature and soil organic matter decomposition rates–synthesis of current knowledge and a way forward

RT Conant, MG Ryan, GI Ågren, HE Birge… - Global change …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The response of soil organic matter (OM) decomposition to increasing temperature is a
critical aspect of ecosystem responses to global change. The impacts of climate warming on …

Sensitivity of decomposition rates of soil organic matter with respect to simultaneous changes in temperature and moisture

CA Sierra, SE Trumbore, EA Davidson… - Journal of advances …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The sensitivity of soil organic matter decomposition to global environmental change is a
topic of prominent relevance for the global carbon cycle. Decomposition depends on …