Nature Communications · 2015
Plant diversity increases soil microbial activity and soil carbon storage
Lange, M., Eisenhauer, N., Sierra, C. A., Bessler, H., Engels, C., Griffiths, R. I., Mellado-Vázquez, P. G., Malik, A. A., Roy, J., Scheu, S. +4
, Steinbeiss, S., Thomson, B. C., Trumbore, S. E., Gleixner, G.
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changes in soil organic carbon concentration
↑ 2↓ 1= 14
- increase
along sown plant species richnesssignificant · 0–30 cm · Change April2002 to April2011 · The Jena Experiment · Imposed log-richness gradient1–60species; Table1 positive effect both0–5 and0–30cm; no particular high/low pair inferred.
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