Soil fungi and bacteria are the key players in the transformation and processing of carbon
and nutrients in terrestrial ecosystems, yet controls on their abundance and activity are not …

In a review published over two decades ago I asserted that, along soil fertility gradients,
plant traits change in ways that reinforce patterns of soil fertility and net primary productivity …

Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 819–828 Abstract Nitrogen (N) effects on ecosystem carbon (C)
budgets are critical to understand as C sequestration is considered as a mechanism to offset …

Root decomposition represents a significant C flux in terrestrial ecosystems. Roots are
exposed to a different decomposition environment than aboveground tissues, and few …

Core Ideas Hairy vetch decomposed faster than cereal rye. Hairy vetch released N within
two weeks of termination. Biomass belowground decomposed more quickly than …

As atmospheric CO2 increases, ecosystem carbon sequestration will largely depend on how
global changes in climate will alter the balance between net primary production and …

In Hawaiian montane forests, we assessed whether the same nutrients limit decomposition
and aboveground net primary production (ANPP) along a soil chronosequence where …

Summary 1 Litter decomposition recycles nutrients and causes large fluxes of carbon
dioxide into the atmosphere. It is typically assumed that climate, litter quality and …

1 Symbiotic arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi produce a recalcitrant AM-specific
glycoprotein, glomalin, which could be a substantial contributor to soil carbon (C). In this …

Elucidating the function of and patterns among plant traits above ground has been a major
research focus, while the patterns and functioning of belowground traits remain less well …