TY - T1 - Microbial inputs at the litter layer translate climate into altered organic matter properties SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/335756 T3 - A1 - Kohl, Lukas; Myers-Pigg, Allison; Edwards, Kate A.; Billings, Sharon A.; Warren, Jamie; Podrebarac, Frances; Ziegler, Susan E. A2 - PB - Y1 - 2021 LA - eng AB - Plant litter chemistry is altered during decomposition but it remains unknown if these alterations, and thus the composition of residual litter, will change in response to climate. Selective microbial mineralization of litter components and the accumulation of microbial necromass can drive litter compositional change, but the extent to which these mechanisms respond to climate remains poorly understood. We addressed this knowledge gap by studying needle litter decomposition along a boreal forest... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - 1182 Biochemistry, cell and molecular biology; C-13; boreal forest; climate transect; CP‐ MAS C-13‐ NMR; fungi; bacteria; litter decomposition; necromass; PLFA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FATTY-ACIDS; C-13 NMR; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FOREST SOILS; BULK CARBON; DECOMPOSITION; TEMPERATURE; FUNGAL; LIGNIN N1 - PP - ER -