Defining trait-based microbial strategies with consequences for soil carbon cycling under climate change
University of California, Irvine · Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · +2 more institutions
Abstract
Microorganisms are critical in terrestrial carbon cycling because their growth, activity and interactions with the environment largely control the fate of recent plant carbon inputs as well as protected soil organic carbon [1, 2]. Soil carbon stocks reflect a balance between microbial decomposition of organic carbon and stabilisation of microbial assimilated carbon. The balance can shift under altered environmental conditions [3], and new research suggests that knowledge of microbial physiology may be critical for projecting changes in soil carbon and improving the prognosis of climate change feedbacks [4,5,6,7]. Still, predicting the ecosystem implications of microbial processes remains a challenge. In this…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 56.02
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 83
Authors
6- AAAshish A. MalikCorresponding
University of California, Irvine
- JBJennifer B. H. Martiny
University of California, Irvine
- EBEoin Brodie
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley
- ACAdam C. Martiny
University of California, Irvine, Irvine University
- KKKathleen K. Treseder
University of California, Irvine
Topics & keywords
- Biology
- Geomicrobiology
- Cycling
- Trait
- Climate change
- Carbon cycle
- Ecology
- Microbial ecology