Reviews and syntheses: Soil resources and climate jointly drive variations in microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen in China's forest ecosystems

Zhou, Z. H.; Wang, C. K.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-6751-2015

Articles | Volume 12, issue 22

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-6751-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-6751-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 22

Reviews and syntheses

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26 Nov 2015

Reviews and syntheses |

| 26 Nov 2015

Reviews and syntheses: Soil resources and climate jointly drive variations in microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen in China's forest ecosystems

Z. H. Zhou and C. K. Wang

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RC C4069: 'Comments on the study of Zhou and Wang', Anonymous Referee #2, 06 Aug 2015
- AC C5283: 'Responses to Referee 2', Chuankuan Wang, 12 Sep 2015
RC C4189: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #3, 11 Aug 2015
- AC C5288: 'Responses to Referee 3', Chuankuan Wang, 12 Sep 2015

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (17 Sep 2015) by Anja Rammig

AR by Chuankuan Wang on behalf of the Authors (21 Sep 2015)

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (09 Oct 2015) by Anja Rammig

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (09 Oct 2015)

ED: Publish as is (23 Oct 2015) by Anja Rammig

AR by Chuankuan Wang on behalf of the Authors (24 Oct 2015)

Short summary

Soil microbial biomass carbon (Cmic) and nitrogen (Nmic) and microbial quotient varied substantially across China’s forest ecosystems (CV 61–96%). Soil resources and climate together explained 24–41% of the variations. Cmic:Nmic ratio declined slightly with soil C:N ratio and changed with latitude and climate, suggesting a plastic homeostasis of microbial C-N stoichiometry. Divergent responses of microbial quotient of C and N to environment imply different mechanisms regulating Cmic and Nmic.