ArticleNature communications2026
Climate and traits drive bark decomposition patterns at global scale.
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- Straw chemistry overrides microbial and environmental controls on straw decomposition in high-latitude mollisols.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
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Tree bark represents a large global carbon stock, comprising 2-20 % of woody biomass, and plays a distinct role in carbon and nutrient cycling. It is poorly understood how different abiotic and biotic drivers contribute to bark decomposition globally, or how these relationships play out in a changing climate. Here, we compile a global dataset to estimate the spatial variability of current bark decomposition rates (k values) and employ three machine learning approaches to project the response of k in future climate scenarios. We find that, globally, bark decomposes 2.9 times faster than the rate previously estimated for tree trunks (including bark). Mean k values increase latitudinally from 0.093 year
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