Soil microorganisms, by actively participating in the decomposition and transformation of
organic matter through diverse metabolic pathways, play a pivotal role in carbon cycling …

Due to their substantial volume, subsoils contain more of the total soil carbon (C) pool than
topsoils. Much of this C is thousands of years old, suggesting that subsoils offer …

The largest terrestrial organic carbon pool, carbon in soils, is regulated by an intricate
connection between plant carbon inputs, microbial activity, and the soil matrix. This is …

Global changes can alter plant inputs from both above‐and belowground, which, thus, may
differently affect soil carbon and microbial communities. However, the general patterns of …

Soil aggregates are the key functional units of soil ecosystems which are essential to
biogeochemical cycling and plant growth. However, it remains unclear how fertilization …

Soil microbes comprise a large portion of the genetic diversity on Earth and influence a large
number of important ecosystem processes. Increasing atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition …

Carbon and nutrient inputs are required to stimulate the formation and mineralization of soil
organic carbon (SOC) through processes related to microbial growth and priming effects …

Microbial communities play important roles in soil health, contributing to processes such as
the turnover of organic matter and nutrient cycling. As soil edaphic properties such as …

Despite recent progress in understanding soil microbial responses to carbon (C) limitation,
the functional shifts in microbial community structure associated with decreasing soil C …

Plant diversity strongly influences ecosystem functions and services, such as soil carbon
storage. However, the mechanisms underlying the positive plant diversity effects on soil …