Yu et al. (2024): Soil acidification enhanced soil carbon sequestration through increased mineral protection
Mengxiao Yu, Ying-Ping Wang, Qi Deng, Jun Jiang, Nannan Cao, Xuli Tang, Deqiang Zhang, Junhua Yan IN: Plant Soil, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-024-06608-8
As a significant land carbon sink, highly acid subtropical forests in southern China continued to accumulate a significant amount of soil carbon under elevated acid deposition, yet the mechanism of how soil organic carbon and its two components: particulate and mineral-associated organic carbon increased remain unclear. This paper aims to assess which mechanism and drivers dominated the accumulation of SOC and its two fractions under elevated acid deposition.