Temperature sensitivity of soil respiration rates enhanced by microbial community response

Kristiina Karhu (), Marc D. Auffret, Jennifer A. J. Dungait, David W. Hopkins, James I. Prosser, Brajesh K. Singh, Jens-Arne Subke, Philip A. Wookey, Göran I. Ågren, Maria-Teresa Sebastià, Fabrice Gouriveau, Göran Bergkvist, Patrick Meir, Andrew T. Nottingham, Norma Salinas and Iain P. Hartley
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Kristiina Karhu: Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4RJ, UK
Marc D. Auffret: Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, UK
Jennifer A. J. Dungait: Rothamsted Research—North Wyke, Okehampton, Devon EX20 2SB, UK
David W. Hopkins: School of Agriculture, Food & Environment, The Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 6JS, UK
James I. Prosser: Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, UK
Brajesh K. Singh: Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney, Penrith 2751, New South Wales, Australia
Jens-Arne Subke: School of Natural Sciences, Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK
Philip A. Wookey: School of Life Sciences, Heriot–Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK
Göran I. Ågren: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
Maria-Teresa Sebastià: Laboratory of Functional Ecology and Global Change, Forest Sciences Centre of Catalonia (CTFC), 25280 Solsona, Spain
Fabrice Gouriveau: Laboratory of Functional Ecology and Global Change, Forest Sciences Centre of Catalonia (CTFC), 25280 Solsona, Spain
Göran Bergkvist: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
Patrick Meir: School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XP, UK
Andrew T. Nottingham: School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XP, UK
Norma Salinas: Seccion Quimica, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, Lima 32, Peru
Iain P. Hartley: Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4RJ, UK

Nature, 2014, vol. 513, issue 7516, 81-84

Abstract: Microbial community responses in soils from the Arctic to the Amazon often enhance the longer-term temperature sensitivity of respiration, particularly in soils with high carbon-to-nitrogen ratios and in soils from cold regions, suggesting that carbon stored in Arctic and boreal soils could be more vulnerable to climate warming than currently predicted.

Date: 2014
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