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The temperature response of soil microbial efficiency and its feedback to climate

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  • Serita D. Frey

    (University of New Hampshire, Durham)

  • Juhwan Lee

    (One Shields Avenue)

  • Jerry M. Melillo

    (The Ecosystem Center, Marine Biological Laboratory)

  • Johan Six

    (One Shields Avenue
    Present address: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Sustainable Agroecosystems Group, Universitätstrasse 2, CH 8092 Zürich, Switzerland)

Abstract

Soils are the largest repository of organic carbon in the terrestrial biosphere. Nevertheless, relatively little is known about the factors controlling the efficiency with which microbial communities utilize carbon, and its effect on soil–atmosphere CO2 exchange. Now research using long-term experimental plots suggests that climate warming could alter the decay dynamics of more stable organic-matter compounds with implications for carbon storage in soils and ultimately climate warming.

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  • Serita D. Frey & Juhwan Lee & Jerry M. Melillo & Johan Six, 2013. "The temperature response of soil microbial efficiency and its feedback to climate," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 3(4), pages 395-398, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:3:y:2013:i:4:d:10.1038_nclimate1796
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1796
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    1. Jessica L. Chiartas & Louise E. Jackson & Rachael F. Long & Andrew J. Margenot & Anthony T. O'Geen, 2022. "Hedgerows on Crop Field Edges Increase Soil Carbon to a Depth of 1 meter," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(19), pages 1-17, October.
    2. Jing Tian & Jennifer A. J. Dungait & Ruixing Hou & Ye Deng & Iain P. Hartley & Yunfeng Yang & Yakov Kuzyakov & Fusuo Zhang & M. Francesca Cotrufo & Jizhong Zhou, 2024. "Microbially mediated mechanisms underlie soil carbon accrual by conservation agriculture under decade-long warming," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-16, December.
    3. Yaoben Lin & Yanmei Ye & Shuchang Liu & Jiahao Wen & Danling Chen, 2022. "Effect Mechanism of Land Consolidation on Soil Bacterial Community: A Case Study in Eastern China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(2), pages 1-31, January.

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