Accelerated decay rates drive soil organic matter persistence and storage in temperate forests via greater mineral stabilization of microbial residues.

Richard P Phillips, Indiana University Bloomington, Department of Biology, Bloomington, IN, United States, Matthew Craig, Indiana University Bloomington, Department of Biology, Bloomington, United States, Benjamin L Turner, Smithsonian Tropical Res Inst, Ancon, Panama and Chao Liang, CAS Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Applied Ecology, Beijng, China
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