Litter quality controls the contribution of microbial carbon to main microbial groups and soil organic carbon during its decomposition
Xuejuan Bai, Guoqing Zhai, Baorong Wang, Shaoshan An, Jingze Liu, Zhijing Xue, Michaela A. Dippold
Topics & Concepts
LitterChemistryPlant litterMicrobial population biologySoil carbonLigninCarbon fibersSoil organic matterFood scienceBacteriaAnimal scienceBotanyAgronomyBiologySoil waterNutrientEcologyOrganic chemistryComposite numberGeneticsComposite materialMaterials scienceSoil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsSoil and Water Nutrient DynamicsIsotope Analysis in Ecology