Environmental science & technology
Three Decades of Litter Manipulation Distinctly Shifts Soil Organic Matter Composition and Constrains Soil Carbon Sequestration in Temperate Forest Soils.
Isla Wrightson, Meiling Man, Laura Castañeda-Gómez, Nivetha Srikanthan, Huan Tong, Melissa A Knorr, Serita D Frey, Knute J Nadelhoffer, Kate Lajtha, Myrna J Simpson
Published: 202610.1021/acs.est.5c11996
Abstract
The capacity of forest soils to sequester carbon (C) is susceptible to shifts in the litter quantity and chemistry. Using measurements from the third decade of a long-term Detrital Input and Removal Treatment (DIRT) experiment at Harvard Forest (MA,…
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