Integrating plant litter quality, soil organic matter stabilization, and the carbon saturation concept

Microbial contribution to SOM quantity and quality in density fractions of temperate arable soils

(2015) Marie Ludwig et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The soil matrix increases microbial C stabilization in temperate and tropical forest soils

(2014) Heather M. Throckmorton et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Similar composition but differential stability of mineral retained organic matter across four classes of clay minerals

(2014) Jonathan Sanderman et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Evaluating soil biogeochemistry parameterizations in Earth system models with observations

(2014) William R. Wieder et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

A long-term nitrogen fertilizer gradient has little effect on soil organic matter in a high-intensity maize production system

(2014) Kimberly H. Brown et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Nitrogen input quality changes the biochemical composition of soil organic matter stabilized in the fine fraction: a long-term study

(2013) A. W. Gillespie et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Empirical evidence that soil carbon formation from plant inputs is positively related to microbial growth

(2013) Mark A. Bradford et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Molecular Trickery in Soil Organic Matter: Hidden Lignin

(2013) Peter J. Hernes et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Carbon-nutrient stoichiometry to increase soil carbon sequestration

(2013) Clive A. Kirkby et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Does Organic Residue Quality Influence Carbon Retention in a Tropical Sandy Soil?

(2013) Aunnop Puttaso et al.   SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL

Changes to soil organic N dynamics with leguminous woody plant encroachment into grasslands

(2012) Courtney A. Creamer et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

The source of microbial C has little impact on soil organic matter stabilisation in forest ecosystems

(2012) Heather M. Throckmorton et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

Environmental and stoichiometric controls on microbial carbon-use efficiency in soils

(2012) Stefano Manzoni et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Biochemical changes across a carbon saturation gradient: Lignin, cutin, and suberin decomposition and stabilization in fractionated carbon pools

(2012) Elizabeth M. Carrington et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Physical, chemical, and biochemical mechanisms of soil organic matter stabilization under conservation tillage systems: A central role for microbes and microbial by-products in C sequestration

(2012) César Plaza et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Soil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen After Application of Nine Organic Amendments

(2012) Stewart B. Wuest et al.   SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL

Comparison of organic versus mineral resource effects on short-term aggregate carbon and nitrogen dynamics in a sandy soil versus a fine textured soil

(2011) P. Chivenge et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Changes in soil organic carbon fractions in a tropical Acrisol as influenced by the addition of different residue materials

(2011) Thomas Gaiser et al.   AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS

Litter decay rates are determined by lignin chemistry

(2011) Jennifer M. Talbot et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

SOM genesis: microbial biomass as a significant source

(2011) Anja Miltner et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Estimation of decay constants for crop residues measured over 15 years in conventional and reduced tillage systems in a coarse-textured soil in southern Ontario

(2011) Ron Beyaert et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Litter quality impacts short- but not long-term soil carbon dynamics in soil aggregate fractions

(2011) Roberta Gentile et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Linking Carbon Saturation Concepts to Nitrogen Saturation and Retention

(2011) Michael J. Castellano et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Implications of input estimation, residue quality and carbon saturation on the predictive power of the Rothamsted Carbon Model

(2011) Felix Heitkamp et al.   GEODERMA

Litter decomposition: what controls it and how can we alter it to sequester more carbon in forest soils?

(2010) Cindy E. Prescott   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

A new conceptual model for the fate of lignin in decomposing plant litter

(2010) Thimo Klotzbücher et al.   ECOLOGY

Organic resource quality influences short-term aggregate dynamics and soil organic carbon and nitrogen accumulation

(2010) P. Chivenge et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Coarse particulate organic matter is the primary source of mineral N in the topsoil of three beech forests

(2010) Bernd Zeller et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Molecular dynamics of shoot vs. root biomarkers in an agricultural soil estimated by natural abundance 13C labelling

(2009) M. Mendez-Millan et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Soil organic carbon stocks, distribution, and composition affected by historic land use changes on adjacent sites

(2008) Carsten W. Mueller et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Sequential exhaustive extraction of a Mollisol soil, and characterizations of humic components, including humin, by solid and solution state NMR

(2008) G. Song et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Chemical changes to nonaggregated particulate soil organic matter following grassland-to-woodland transition in a subtropical savanna

(2008) Timothy R. Filley et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

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

13C and 15N stabilization dynamics in soil organic matter fractions during needle and fine root decomposition

(2008) Jeffrey A. Bird et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Molecular C dynamics downstream: The biochemical decomposition sequence and its impact on soil organic matter structure and function

(2008) A. Stuart Grandy et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Effect of litter quality and soil fungi on macroaggregate dynamics and associated partitioning of litter carbon and nitrogen

(2008) Mirjam Helfrich et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Soil carbon saturation: Evaluation and corroboration by long-term incubations

(2008) Catherine E. Stewart et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY