Root decomposition and carbon storage in soil organic matter.We combined root decomposition techniques with soil fractionation techniques to quantify the transfer of carbon and nitrogen from decomposing fine-root litter to relatively long-lived SOM using the unique depleted C-13 signature of organic material in plants and soils enriched with elevated [CO2].
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This research was funded by a dissertation improvement grant from the National Science Foundation.