Living root carbon inputs form slow cycling mineral associated soil carbon more efficiently than litter inputs.

Claim · model-written summary

Living root carbon inputs form slow cycling mineral associated soil carbon more efficiently than litter inputs.

Taxon

plant rootst0

Organ / stage

roote0

Outcome

slow‐cycling, mineral‐associated soil organic carbon poolse0

Direction

more efficiente0

Comparator

shoot and root litter inputse0

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Verbatim

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“Living root inputs of carbon via rhizodeposits are more efficient than shoot and root litter inputs in forming slow‐cycling, mineral‐associated soil organic carbon pools.”

t0

“plant roots”