Plant-derived compounds stimulate the decomposition of organic matter in arctic permafrost soils

• Main Authors: Wild, Birgit, Gentsch, Norman, Capek, Petr, Diakova, Katerina, Alves, Ricardo J. Eloy, Barta, Jiri, Gittel, Antje, Hugelius, Gustaf, Knoltsch, Anna, Kuhry, Peter, Lashchinskiy, Nikolay, Mikutta, Robert, Palmtag, Juri, Schleper, Christa, Schnecker, Jörg, Shibistova, Olga, Takriti, Mounir, Torsvik, Vigdis L., Urich, Tim, Watzka, Margarete, Santruckova, Hana, Guggenberger, Georg, Richter, Andreas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: London : Macmillan Publishers Limited 2016
• Subjects: Soil Organic Matter; Soil Organic Carbon Mineralization; SOC; SOM; Dewey Decimal Classification500 | Naturwissenschaften; Arctic; Dewey; Global warming; permafrost
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15488/473; http://www.repo.uni-hannover.de/handle/123456789/497

Arctic ecosystems are warming rapidly, which is expected to promote soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition. In addition to the direct warming effect, decomposition can also be indirectly stimulated via increased plant productivity and plant-soil C allocation, and this so called "priming effect...