The New phytologistDesert ClimateCarbonSoilPhotosynthesisSoil Microbiology
Long-term fate of photosynthetic carbon in desert plants: microbial necromass-driven pathways for soil carbon stabilization.
Mengfei Cong, Zhihao Zhang, Yang Hu, Akash Tariq, Corina Graciano, Jordi Sardans, Weiqi Wang, Yanju Gao, Xinping Dong, Guangxing Zhao, Jingming Yan, Josep Peñuelas, Fanjiang Zeng
Published: 202610.1111/nph.70768
Abstract
As a core component of the terrestrial carbon (C) cycle, plant photosynthetic C assimilation regulates soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration. However, the allocation patterns of photosynthetic C across different soil layers in desert ecosystems rem…
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