Response to Comment on ‘Soil carbon persistence governed by plant input and mineral protection at regional and global scales’
Leiyi Chen, Yuanhe Yang
Abstract
Abstract We demonstrated that ignoring the non‐linear relationship between topsoil Δ 14 C and plant carbon (C) input in Wu et al .’s analysis was the fundamental reason for the discrepancy between their analysis and ours. By considering such a non‐linear relationship, plant C input still predominantly governs the topsoil C turnover.
Topics & Concepts
TopsoilPersistence (discontinuity)Soil carbonCarbon fibersEcologyCarbon cycleEnvironmental scienceSoil scienceMineralLinear relationshipBiologyMathematicsGeologySoil waterEcosystemStatisticsGeotechnical engineeringComposite numberAlgorithmSoil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsPeatlands and Wetlands EcologySoil Geostatistics and Mapping