Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Qiao N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4726261 | biostudies-other | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Scientific reports 20160125
Decomposition of organic matter (OM) in soil, affecting carbon (C) cycling and climate feedbacks, depends on microbial activities driven by C and nitrogen (N) availability. However, it remains unknown how decomposition of various OMs vary across global supplies and ratios of C and N inputs. We examined OM decomposition by incubating four types of OM (leaf litter, wood, organic matter from organic and mineral horizons) from a decay continuum in a subtropical forest at Ailao Mountain, China with l ...[more]