Soil carbon persistence governed by plant input and mineral protection at regional and global scales

• Published in: Ecology letters Vol. 24; no. 5; pp. 1018 - 1028
• Main Authors: Chen, Leiyi, Fang, Kai, Wei, Bin, Qin, Shuqi, Feng, Xuehui, Hu, Tianyu, Ji, Chengjun, Yang, Yuanhe, Cleland, Elsa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2021
• Subjects: Aluminum; Aluminum oxide; Carbon; Carbon 14; Carbon cycle; carbon radioisotopes; Cations; Changing environments; Chemical composition; China; Climate change; ecology; Environmental changes; Minerals; mineral‐organic association; Organic matter; Plants; plant–soil interaction; radiocarbon; Soil; soil carbon; soil carbon dynamics; Soil dynamics; Soil layers; Soil Microbiology; Soil organic matter; soil organic matter stabilisation; Topsoil; China; Carbon cycle; soil organic matter stabilisation; radiocarbon; plant-soil interaction; mineral-organic association; soil carbon dynamics

Elucidating the processes underlying the persistence of soil organic matter (SOM) is a prerequisite for projecting soil carbon feedback to climate change. However, the potential role of plant carbon input in regulating the multi‐layer SOM preservation over broad geographic scales remains unclear. Ba...