Linkage of living microbial biomass, function, and necromass to soil organic carbon storage along a chronosequence of

Mengyun Yang, Xiaomeng He, Jingfei Liang, Qiang Liu, Lihua Fu, Xiaodong Cui, Shaohui Huang, Haoan Luan

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Contrasting roles of fungal necromass and mineral preservation in influencing mineral-associated organic carbon across and within elevation bands.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026
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Mengyun Yang *College of Forestry, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China.

Xiaomeng He *College of Forestry, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China.

Jingfei LiangCollege of Forestry, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China.

Qiang LiuCollege of Forestry, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China.

Lihua FuSaihanba Mechanical Forest Farm, Chengde, China.

Xiaodong CuiCollege of Forestry, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China.

Shaohui HuangHebei Fertilizer Technology Innovation Centre, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Hebei Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Shijiazhuang, China.

Haoan LuanCollege of Forestry, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China.

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Abstract

Introduction: Clarifying the temporal dynamics of soil organic carbon (SOC) characteristics within aggregates and its underlying microbially mediated mechanisms is essential for long-term SOC sequestration in forest ecosystems; nevertheless, this information remains largely unknown during stand development. Methods: Five Results: Results demonstrated that as stand ages increased, aggregate stability as well as aggregate-associated SOC, microbial residue C (MRC), hydrolytic exo-enzymatic activities, and microbial biomass (as indicated by total PLFAs) initially increased and subsequently decreased, with most parameters peaking in the 18a stand, which indicated that long-term Discussion: These results offered novel insights into elucidating the coupling connections between microbial attributes and SOC sequestration during forest development in northern China.

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Larix principis-rupprechtiimicrobial characteristicssoil aggregatessoil organic C dynamicsstand age

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PMID40491832

DOI10.3389/fmicb.2025.1588030

PMCPMC12146326

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