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ArticleCommunications earth & environment2025

Fine root and soil carbon stocks are positively related in grasslands but not in forests.

Avni Malhotra, Jessica A M Moore, Samantha Weintraub-Leff, Katerina Georgiou, Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Sharon A Billings, Marie-Anne de Graaff, Jennifer M Fraterrigo, A Stuart Grandy, Emily Kyker-Snowman and 7 more

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Article in Communications earth & environment, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Avni MalhotraDepartment of Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7850-6402
Jessica A M MooreMicrobiology Department, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN USA.
Samantha Weintraub-LeffNational Ecological Observatory Network, Battelle, Boulder, CO USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4789-5086
Katerina GeorgiouDepartment of Biological and Ecological Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR USA.
Asmeret Asefaw BerheDepartment of Life and Environmental Sciences; University of California, Merced, Merced, CA USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6986-7943
Sharon A BillingsDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS USA.
Marie-Anne de GraaffDepartment of Biological Sciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID USA.
Jennifer M FraterrigoDepartment of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0357-1007
A Stuart GrandyDepartment of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH USA.
Emily Kyker-SnowmanCarbon Direct, New York, NY USA.
Mingzhen LuNew York University, New York, NY USA.
Courtney MeierNational Ecological Observatory Network, Battelle, Boulder, CO USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3576-883X
Derek PiersonRocky Mountain Research Station, United States Forest Service, Boise, ID USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3413-1693
Shersingh Joseph Tumber-DávilaDepartment of Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7336-3943
Kate LajthaDepartment of Crop and Soil Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6430-4818
William R WiederClimate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA & Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7116-1985
Robert B JacksonDepartment of Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8846-7147

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increasing fine root carbon (FRC) inputs into soils has been proposed as a solution to increasing soil organic carbon (SOC). However, FRC inputs can also enhance SOC loss through priming. Here, we tested the broad-scale relationships between SOC and FRC at 43 sites across the US National Ecological Observatory Network. We found that SOC and FRC stocks were positively related with an across-ecosystem slope of 7 ± 3 kg SOC m

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PMID40612708
PMCPMC12213611

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