Articles | Volume 16, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-1225-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-1225-2019
Research article
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25 Mar 2019
Research article |  | 25 Mar 2019

Unifying soil organic matter formation and persistence frameworks: the MEMS model

Andy D. Robertson, Keith Paustian, Stephen Ogle, Matthew D. Wallenstein, Emanuele Lugato, and M. Francesca Cotrufo

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (23 Jan 2019) by Sébastien Fontaine
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ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (12 Feb 2019) by Sébastien Fontaine
RR by Thomas Wutzler (18 Feb 2019)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (18 Feb 2019) by Sébastien Fontaine
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ED: Publish as is (20 Feb 2019) by Sébastien Fontaine
AR by Andy Robertson on behalf of the Authors (02 Mar 2019)  Author's response    Manuscript
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Predicting how soils respond to varying environmental conditions or land-use change is essential if we aim to promote sustainable management practices and help mitigate climate change. Here, we present a new ecosystem-scale soil model (MEMS v1) that is built upon recent, novel findings and can be run using very few inputs. The model accurately predicted soil carbon stocks for more than 8000 sites across Europe, ranging from cold, wet forests in sandy soils to hot, dry grasslands in clays.
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