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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-5041-2015
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-5041-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
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26 Aug 2015
Research article |
| 26 Aug 2015
The influence of C3 and C4 vegetation on soil organic matter dynamics in contrasting semi-natural tropical ecosystems
School of Geography & Geosciences, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9AL, Scotland, UK
Institute Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 82467, Germany
College of Science, Technology and Engineering and Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD 4870, Australia
C. Wurster
College of Science, Technology and Engineering and Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD 4870, Australia
C. A. Quesada
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil
P. Ascough
SUERC, Scottish Enterprise Technology Park, Rankine Avenue, East Kilbride G75 0QF, UK
T. Domingues
School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Drummond Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9XP, Scotland, UK
F. Schrodt
Earth and Biosphere Institute, School of Geography, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, Leeds, UK
M. Schwarz
Earth and Biosphere Institute, School of Geography, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, Leeds, UK
T. R. Feldpausch
College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, UK
E. Veenendaal
Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology Group, Wageningen University, the Netherlands
G. Djagbletey
Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, Kumasi, Ghana
G. Jacobsen
ANSTO Institute for Environmental Research, PMB 1, Menai NSW 2234, Australia
F. Hien
Institut de l'Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
H. Compaore
Institut de l'Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
A. Diallo
Centre National des Semences Forestières, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, UK
School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD 4870, Australia
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We demonstrate and explain differential patterns in SOM dynamics in C3/C4 mixed ecosystems at various spatial scales across contrasting climate and soils. This study shows that the interdependence between biotic and abiotic factors ultimately determines whether SOM dynamics of C3- and C4-derived vegetation are at variance in ecosystems where both vegetation types coexist. The results also highlight the far-reaching implications that vegetation thickening may have for the stability of deep SOM.
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