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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE)
    is an important variable mediating microbial effects on soil organic carbon (SOC)
    since it summarizes how much carbon is used for microbial growth or is respired.
    Yet, the role of CUE in regulating SOC storage remains debated, with evidence
    for both positive and negative SOC‐CUE relations. Here, we use a combination of
    measured data around the world and numerical simulations to explore SOC‐CUE relations
    accounting for temperature (T) effects on CUE. Results reveal that the sign of
    the CUE‐T relation controls the direction of the SOC‐CUE relations. A negative
    CUE‐T relation leads to a positive SOC‐CUE relation and vice versa, highlighting
    that CUE‐T patterns significantly affect how organic carbon is used by microbes
    and hence SOC‐CUE relations. Numerical results also confirm the observed negative
    SOC‐T relation, regardless of the CUE‐T patterns, implying that temperature plays
    a more dominant role than CUE in controlling SOC storage. The SOC‐CUE relation
    is usually negative when temperature effects are isolated, even though it can
    become positive when nonlinear microbial turnover is considered. These results
    indicate a dominant role of CUE‐T patterns in controlling the SOC‐CUE relation.
    Our findings help to better understand SOC and microbial responses to a warming
    climate.</jats:p>
article_number: e17492
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author:
- first_name: Zhaoyang
  full_name: Luo, Zhaoyang
  last_name: Luo
- first_name: Jianning
  full_name: Ren, Jianning
  last_name: Ren
- first_name: Stefano
  full_name: Manzoni, Stefano
  last_name: Manzoni
- first_name: Simone
  full_name: Fatichi, Simone
  id: cf8e546b-a9b0-11f0-a43b-aa89ed1b56d6
  last_name: Fatichi
citation:
  ama: Luo Z, Ren J, Manzoni S, Fatichi S. Temperature controls the relation between
    soil organic carbon and microbial carbon use efficiency. <i>Global Change Biology</i>.
    2024;30(9). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17492">10.1111/gcb.17492</a>
  apa: Luo, Z., Ren, J., Manzoni, S., &#38; Fatichi, S. (2024). Temperature controls
    the relation between soil organic carbon and microbial carbon use efficiency.
    <i>Global Change Biology</i>. Wiley. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17492">https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17492</a>
  chicago: Luo, Zhaoyang, Jianning Ren, Stefano Manzoni, and Simone Fatichi. “Temperature
    Controls the Relation between Soil Organic Carbon and Microbial Carbon Use Efficiency.”
    <i>Global Change Biology</i>. Wiley, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17492">https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17492</a>.
  ieee: Z. Luo, J. Ren, S. Manzoni, and S. Fatichi, “Temperature controls the relation
    between soil organic carbon and microbial carbon use efficiency,” <i>Global Change
    Biology</i>, vol. 30, no. 9. Wiley, 2024.
  ista: Luo Z, Ren J, Manzoni S, Fatichi S. 2024. Temperature controls the relation
    between soil organic carbon and microbial carbon use efficiency. Global Change
    Biology. 30(9), e17492.
  mla: Luo, Zhaoyang, et al. “Temperature Controls the Relation between Soil Organic
    Carbon and Microbial Carbon Use Efficiency.” <i>Global Change Biology</i>, vol.
    30, no. 9, e17492, Wiley, 2024, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17492">10.1111/gcb.17492</a>.
  short: Z. Luo, J. Ren, S. Manzoni, S. Fatichi, Global Change Biology 30 (2024).
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date_created: 2026-07-27T12:30:23Z
date_published: 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2026-07-30T11:12:07Z
day: '01'
ddc:
- '550'
doi: 10.1111/gcb.17492
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intvolume: '        30'
issue: '9'
language:
- iso: eng
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  url: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17492
month: '09'
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publication: Global Change Biology
publication_identifier:
  eissn:
  - 1365-2486
  issn:
  - 1354-1013
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publisher: Wiley
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status: public
title: Temperature controls the relation between soil organic carbon and microbial
  carbon use efficiency
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  name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)
  short: CC BY (4.0)
type: journal_article
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