2015
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2520
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Formation of soil organic matter via biochemical and physical pathways of litter mass loss

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“…Our results cannot be extended to litter decomposition (Cotrufo et al, 2015) or organic soils, which will be much more dependent on substrate quality and less affected by carbon diffusion (Manzoni et al, 2012). Also, oxygen supply, which is critical in peatlands and other soils (Clymo, 30 1984;Frolking et al, 2001), was not taken into account.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 86%
“…Our results cannot be extended to litter decomposition (Cotrufo et al, 2015) or organic soils, which will be much more dependent on substrate quality and less affected by carbon diffusion (Manzoni et al, 2012). Also, oxygen supply, which is critical in peatlands and other soils (Clymo, 30 1984;Frolking et al, 2001), was not taken into account.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 86%
“…Por otro lado, la descomposición más lenta de hojarasca sobre las cenizas sugiere que la formación de nuevo sustrato orgánico y la provisión de nutrientes podrían ser limitantes para el reclutamiento de plántulas. La inmovilización y la estabilización de nutrientes en la matriz física del suelo puede ser mayor en un sustrato inerte e insaturado, como el aportado por las cenizas, respecto al suelo maduro con una comunidad microbiana abundante (Hopkins et al 2007;Castellano et al 2015;Cotrufo et al 2015). Una lenta liberación de nutrientes en el sustrato volcánico podría favorecer a especies de plántulas tolerantes al déficit nutricional, como se ha observado para Nothofagus spp.…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
“…No obstante, el proceso de descomposición no se vería interrumpido, reafirmando la existencia de cierta resiliencia en ecosistemas con disturbios relativamente frecuentes durante su historia evolutiva (del Moral and Grishin 1999; Dahlgren et al 2004). El efecto de enterrado de la hojarasca por las cenizas, sumado a los diferentes contextos ambientales y a cambios inducidos por grandes herbívoros en calidad de la hojarasca que ingresa al suelo, podrían tener efectos complejos para el reciclado de C y nutrientes en horizontes profundos (Hopkins et al 2007;Hatton et al 2014;Cotrufo et al 2015). Aunque las cenizas y el pastoreo puedan desacelerar la descomposición de materia orgánica, la naturaleza transitoria de ésos efectos sugiere que el funcionamiento del bosque tendría una recuperación relativamente rápida luego de eventos masivos de cenizas volcánicas.…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
“…The importance of microbial processing in SOC stabilization is well documented, with impacts of microbial C use efficiency in SOC stabilization recently recognized (Cotrufo et al, 2013(Cotrufo et al, , 2015Grandy and Neff, 2008). Stable SOC is largely microbially-derived (Knicker, 2011;Schmidt et al, 2011) and may be influenced by soil microbial composition.…”
Section: Impacts On C Cyclingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although C sequestration is directly related to the quantity of C inputs to soils, recent work has shown that as more lignified plant residues decompose, they lose proportionally more C as CO 2 and thus, are converted to SOC at a lower rate (Stewart et al, 2015). More 'labile' products (i.e., dissolved organic C, root exudates) promote microbial biomass and are more efficiently converted to SOC due to lower respiration losses and physico-chemical protection through mineral association (Cotrufo et al, 2015). Microbiallyprocessed C comprises the majority of C deep in the soil profile, and plant root morphology and interactions with the microbial community may impact C inputs in deep soils.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%