Ecosystem productivity has a stronger influence than soil age on surface soil carbon storage across global biomes

oleh: César Plaza, Pablo García-Palacios, Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Jesús Barquero, Felipe Bastida, G. Kenny Png, Ana Rey, Richard D. Bardgett, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01

Deskripsi

Soil organic carbon pools in productive tropical and temperate forests are more labile than those in drier colder ecosystems where mineral-protected organic carbon dominates, according to analyses of 16 long-term chronosequences from six continents.