New paper out in @natecoevo.nature.com showing that growth rate is as a stronger predictor of SOC than CUE. Congrats Xianjin He for leading this work!
Elsa Abs
Soil microbes grow, respire, die. Because their biomass eventually becomes necromass, and necromass can be stabilized in soil, growth rate emerges as a powerful predictor of soil carbon: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Microbial carbon use efficiency is a strong predictor of soil organic carbon stocks. Here the authors reveal that the microbial growth rate is a more reliable and informative predictor, and that model...
