Vegetation and Microbes Interact to Preserve Organic Matter in Wooded Peatlands
H. Wang, J. Tian, H. Chen, M. Ho, R. Vilgalys, X. Liu, C. J. Richardson
The paper investigates how vegetation and microbes interact to preserve organic matter in wooded peatlands, finding that slow-growing microbes and plant-induced recalcitrant carbon reduce carbon loss despite climate stressors.
bioRxiv · Apr 11, 2020Ecology