Soil enzymes in a changing environment: current knowledge and future directions

RG Burns, JL DeForest, J Marxsen… - Soil Biology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
This review focuses on some important and challenging aspects of soil extracellular enzyme
research. We report on recent discoveries, identify key research needs and highlight the …

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 …

Conceptualizing soil organic matter into particulate and mineral‐associated forms to address global change in the 21st century

JM Lavallee, JL Soong, MF Cotrufo - Global change biology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Managing soil organic matter (SOM) stocks to address global change challenges requires
well‐substantiated knowledge of SOM behavior that can be clearly communicated between …

Reducing the uncertainty in estimating soil microbial-derived carbon storage

H Hu, C Qian, K Xue, RG Jörgensen… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is the largest carbon pool in terrestrial ecosystems and plays a
crucial role in mitigating climate change and enhancing soil productivity. Microbial-derived …

Temperature sensitivity of soil carbon decomposition and feedbacks to climate change

EA Davidson, IA Janssens - Nature, 2006 - nature.com
Significantly more carbon is stored in the world's soils—including peatlands, wetlands and
permafrost—than is present in the atmosphere. Disagreement exists, however, regarding the …

Soil warming and carbon-cycle feedbacks to the climate system

JM Melillo, PA Steudler, JD Aber, K Newkirk, H Lux… - Science, 2002 - science.org
In a decade-long soil warming experiment in a mid-latitude hardwood forest, we
documented changes in soil carbon and nitrogen cycling in order to investigate the …

[BUCH][B] Communities and ecosystems: linking the aboveground and belowground components (MPB-34)

DA Wardle - 2013 - degruyter.com
Most of the earth's terrestrial species live in the soil. These organisms, which include many
thousands of species of fungi and nematodes, shape aboveground plant and animal life as …

Long-term effects of NPK fertilizers and organic manures on carbon stabilization and management index under rice-wheat crop** system

S Chaudhary, GS Dheri, BS Brar - Soil and Tillage Research, 2017 - Elsevier
The potential of storing carbon (C) in soil and offsetting the atmospheric CO 2 depends on
the management practices. This study investigated the long-term (15 years) effects of using …

On the variability of respiration in terrestrial ecosystems: moving beyond Q10

EA Davidson, IA Janssens, Y Luo - Global change biology, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Respiration, which is the second most important carbon flux in ecosystems following gross
primary productivity, is typically represented in biogeochemical models by simple …

Evaluation of the terrestrial carbon cycle, future plant geography and climate‐carbon cycle feedbacks using five Dynamic Global Vegetation Models (DGVMs)

S Sitch, C Huntingford, N Gedney, PE Levy… - Global change …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
This study tests the ability of five Dynamic Global Vegetation Models (DGVMs), forced with
observed climatology and atmospheric CO2, to model the contemporary global carbon …