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Microbial formation of stable soil carbon is more efficient from belowground than aboveground input
Nature Geoscience · 2018 · Vol. 12(1) · pp. 46–53
Noah W. Sokol✉(Yale University)Mark A. Bradford(Yale University)
Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyPeatlands and Wetlands EcologyRhizosphereSoil carbonCarbon cycleCarbon fibersEnvironmental scienceBiomass (ecology)MicrocosmSoil organic matterBulk soilMicrobial population biology
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- National Science Foundation
- Yale University
- Nature
- Institute for Biospheric Studies, Yale University
- Division of Materials Research
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