The Ecology of Soil Carbon: Pools, Vulnerabilities, and Biotic and Abiotic Controls

• Published in: Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics
• Main Authors: Jackson, Robert B., Lajtha, Kate, Crow, Susan E., Hugelius, Gustaf, Kramer, Marc G., Piñeiro, Gervasio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Annual Reviews
• Subjects: GLOBAL CARBON STOCKS; LITTER AND ROOT INPUTS; SOIL CARBON MITIGATION AND VULNERABILITIES; SOIL FAUNA AND FOOD WEB ECOLOGY; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL ORGANIC NITROGEN; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4.1; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4; Suecia; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/50698

Soil organic matter (SOM) anchors global terrestrial productivity and food and fiber supply. SOM retains water and soil nutrients and stores more global carbon than do plants and the atmosphere combined. SOM is also decomposed by microbes, returning CO2, a greenhouse gas, to the atmosphere. Unfortun...