#EESPublishes: Prof #JeffreyBird of @QC_News on C&N #mineralization in fine #roots. @SpringerLink

Professor Jeffery Bird of Queens College co-authored a paper in Biogeochemistry entitled: Rapid fine root C and N mineralization in a northern temperate forest soil. Abstract:  While fine roots (≤2-mm diameter) are major suppliers of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) to northern temperate and boreal forest soils, our understanding of how long-term plant and N inputs affect fine root decomposition rates and the amount of root-derived organic matter (OM) stabilized in forest soils is incomplete. We examined the influence of long-term aboveground and/or belowground litter and inorganic N additions on mineralization and vertical transport of fine root-derived C and N during …

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