Concepts
7 concepts
process
carbon cycling
process
nitrogen retention
process
soil respiration
CO2 efflux from soils to atmosphere representing combination of autotrophic respiration (root respiration) and heterotrophic respiration (microbial decomposition)
process
soil organic carbon stabilization
Mechanisms by which organic carbon is protected from decomposition in soils through physical, chemical, and biological processes
process
energy harvest capacity
The microbiome's ability to extract energy from dietary sources
measurement
photosynthetic storage
measurement
soil pH
Measure of soil acidity/alkalinity that may influence plant phenotype expression