Stability of soil organic carbon during forest conversion is more sensitive in deep soil than in topsoil in subtropical forests

Forest organic matter removal leads to long-term reductions in bacterial and fungal abundance

(2019) Ryan M. Mushinski et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Afforestation of loess soils: Old and new organic carbon in aggregates and density fractions

(2019) Rui Jiang et al.   CATENA

Root–microbial interaction accelerates soil nitrogen depletion but not soil carbon after increasing litter inputs to a coniferous forest

(2019) Maokui Lyu et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Shifts in bacterial community composition increase with depth in three soil types from paddy fields in China

(2019) Xu Li et al.   PEDOBIOLOGIA

Root penetration in deep soil layers stimulates mineralization of millennia-old organic carbon

(2018) Tanvir Shahzad et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Bacterial metataxonomic profile and putative functional behavior associated with C and N cycle processes remain altered for decades after forest harvest

(2018) Ryan M. Mushinski et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Changes of the organic carbon content and stability of soil aggregates affected by soil bacterial community after afforestation

(2018) F.Z. Zhao et al.   CATENA

Simulated leaf litter addition causes opposite priming effects on natural forest and plantation soils

(2018) Maokui Lyu et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Pathways of mineral‐associated soil organic matter formation: Integrating the role of plant carbon source, chemistry, and point of entry

(2018) Noah W. Sokol et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Microbial formation of stable soil carbon is more efficient from belowground than aboveground input

(2018) Noah W. Sokol et al.   Nature Geoscience

Effects of forest degradation on microbial communities and soil carbon cycling: A global meta-analysis

(2017) Zhenghu Zhou et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Fine root phenology differs among subtropical evergreen broadleaved forests with increasing tree diversities

(2017) Haiying Zhao et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Increased litter in subtropical forests boosts soil respiration in natural forests but not plantations of Castanopsis carlesii

(2017) Xiaofei Liu et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Conversion from forests to pastures in the Colombian Amazon leads to contrasting soil carbon dynamics depending on land management practices

(2016) Diego Navarrete et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Land use change exerts a strong impact on deep soil C stabilization in subtropical forests

(2016) Maokui Lyu et al.   JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS

Improved allometric equations for estimating biomass of the three Castanopsis carlesii H. forest types in subtropical China

(2016) Kaimiao Lin et al.   NEW FORESTS

Soil carbon stocks after conversion of Amazonian tropical forest to grazed pasture: importance of deep soil layers

(2016) Clément Stahl et al.   Regional Environmental Change

Large amounts of easily decomposable carbon stored in subtropical forest subsoil are associated with r-strategy-dominated soil microbes

(2016) Yuping Chen et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Forest conversion stimulated deep soil C losses and decreased C recalcitrance through priming effect in subtropical China

(2015) Maokui Lü et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Losses of soil carbon by converting tropical forest to plantations: erosion and decomposition estimated byδ13C

(2015) Thomas Guillaume et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Formation of soil organic matter via biochemical and physical pathways of litter mass loss

(2015) M. Francesca Cotrufo et al.   Nature Geoscience

Contribution of exudates, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and litter depositions to the rhizosphere priming effect induced by grassland species

(2015) Tanvir Shahzad et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Impact of phyllosilicate mineralogy on organic carbon stabilization in soils: incomplete knowledge and exciting prospects

(2014) Pierre Barré et al.   GEODERMA

Surficial gains and subsoil losses of soil carbon and nitrogen during secondary forest development

(2014) Megan L. Mobley et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Effects of addition of maize litter and earthworms on C mineralization and aggregate formation in single and mixed soils differing in soil organic carbon and clay content

(2014) Christine Wachendorf et al.   PEDOBIOLOGIA

Soil nitrogen dynamics within profiles of a managed moist temperate forest chronosequence consistent with long-term harvesting-induced losses

(2014) Lisa Kellman et al.   Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

Biological Indices for Soil Quality Evaluation: Perspectives and Limitations

(2013) Jorge Paz-Ferreiro et al.   LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT

Carbon storage in a chronosequence of Chinese fir plantations in southern China

(2012) Guang-Shui Chen et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Soil organic matter turnover is governed by accessibility not recalcitrance

(2012) Jennifer A. J. Dungait et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The Microbial Efficiency-Matrix Stabilization (MEMS) framework integrates plant litter decomposition with soil organic matter stabilization: do labile plant inputs form stable soil organic matter?

(2012) M. Francesca Cotrufo et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Persistence of soil organic matter as an ecosystem property

(2011) Michael W. I. Schmidt et al.   NATURE

Deep soil organic matter—a key but poorly understood component of terrestrial C cycle

(2010) Cornelia Rumpel et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Depletion of soil organic carbon and nitrogen underPinus taedaplantations in Southern Brazilian grasslands (Campos)

(2009) M. Wiesmeier et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Carbon dynamics in topsoil and in subsoil may be controlled by different regulatory mechanisms

(2009) CLÉMENCE SALOMÉ et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Physical fractionation of soil organic matter: Destabilization of deep soil carbon following harvesting of a temperate coniferous forest

(2009) A. C. Diochon et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Effects of forest conversion on soil labile organic carbon fractions and aggregate stability in subtropical China

(2009) Yusheng Yang et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Stabilization of recent soil carbon in the humid tropics following land use changes: evidence from aggregate fractionation and stable isotope analyses

(2008) Sonja Paul et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Natural abundance measurements of13C indicate increased deep soil carbon mineralization after forest disturbance

(2008) Amanda Diochon et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Stabilization mechanisms of organic matter in four temperate soils: Development and application of a conceptual model

(2008) Margit von Lützow et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

Stabilised carbon in subsoil horizons is located in spatially distinct parts of the soil profile

(2008) A. Chabbi et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY