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Original research article |
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Warming accelerates the decomposition of root-derived hydrolysable lipids in a temperate forest and is depth- and compound class-dependent
Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Cyrill Zosso
Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Agroscope, Zurich, Switzerland
Guido L. B. Wiesenberg
Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Elaine Pegoraro
Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
Margaret S. Torn
Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
Michael W. I. Schmidt
Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Short summary
To understand how warming will change the dynamics of roots across soil profile, we took usage of a long-term field warming experiment and incubated 13C-labelled roots at three different depths. After 3 years of incubation, at compound class level, the effects of warming on decomposition of root-derived hydrolysable lipids were compound class specific. At monomer level, warming effects on suberin-derived monomer decomposition were depth-dependent and their resistance increased with chain length.
To understand how warming will change the dynamics of roots across soil profile, we took usage...
