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The global soil community and its influence on biogeochemistry
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Microbes' role in soil decomposition: Soils harbor a rich diversity of invertebrate and microbial life, which drives biogeochemical processes from local to global scales. Relating the biodiversity patterns of soil ecological communities to soil biogeochemistry remains an important challenge for ecologists and earth system modelers. Crowther et al. review the state of science relating soil organisms to biogeochemical processes, focusing particularly on the importance of microbial community variation on decomposition and turnover of soil organic matter. Although there is variation in soil communities across the globe, ecologists are beginning to identify general patterns that may contribute to predicting biogeochemical dynamics under future climate change. Science , this issue p. eaav0550
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- Crowther, T. W., van den Hoogen, J., Wan, J., Mayes, M. A., Keiser, A. D., Mo, L., Averill, C., & Maynard, D. S.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2019-08-23
- Volume
- 365
- Issue
- 6455
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2969523923
- Cited by
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- References
- 7
- FWCI
- 79.16
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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