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Kathleen K. Treseder,Yevgeniy Marusenko,Adriana L. Romero-Olivares, Mia R. Maltz Accepted manuscript online: 2 February 2016
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Kristen DeAngelis et al.

Soil microbes are major drivers of soil carbon cycling, yet we lack an understanding of how
climate warming will affect microbial communities. Three ongoing field studies at the Harvard Forest
Long-term Ecological Research (LTER) site (Petersham, MA) have warmed soils 5oC above ambient
temperatures for 5, 8 and 20 years. We used this chronosequence to test the hypothesis that soil
microbial communities have changed in response to chronic warming. Bacterial community

Marin-Spiotta et al. 2014 Paradigm shifts in soil organic matter research affect interpretations of aquatic carbon cycling: transcending disciplinary and ecosystem boundaries. Biogeochemistry pre-print

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10533-013-9949-7

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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038071713002964#?np=y

Christopher E. Bach et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry
Volume 67, December 2013, Pages 183–191

Abstract

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038071712004476#

http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/pdf/nclimate1796.pdf

Soils are the largest repository of organic carbon (C) in the
terrestrial biosphere and represent an important source of carbon
dioxide (CO2) to the atmosphere, releasing 60–75 Pg C annually
through microbial decomposition of organic materials1,2.
A primary control on soil CO2 flux is the efficiency with which
the microbial community uses C. Despite its critical importance
to soil–atmosphere CO2 exchange, relatively few studies have
examined the factors controlling soil microbial efficiency. Here,

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0019306