Persistence of soil organic matter as an ecosystem property

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关键词: BLACK CARBON;    TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;    MOLECULAR-STRUCTURE;    MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES;    LITTER DECOMPOSITION;    PERMAFROST CARBON;    HUMIC SUBSTANCES;    NITROGEN;    STABILIZATION;    DYNAMICS;   

DOI  :  10.1038/nature10386

来源: SCIE

【 摘 要 】

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 persists for millennia whereas other SOM decomposes readily-and this limits our ability to predict how soils will respond to climate change. Recent analytical and experimental advances have demonstrated that molecular structure alone does not control SOM stability: in fact, environmental and biological controls predominate. Here we propose ways to include this understanding in a new generation of experiments and soil carbon models, thereby improving predictions of the SOM response to global warming.

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