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Microbes, roots and global carbon

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Interactions between soil microbes, the physical soil environment and vegetation will determine the magnitude of the terrestrial carbon sink under climate change.

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Figure 1: Conceptual representation of the processes simulated by the CORPSE model.

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  1. Will Wieder is in the Climate and Global Dynamics Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research, PO Box 3000, Boulder, Colorado 80307, USA,

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Wieder, W. Microbes, roots and global carbon. Nature Clim Change 4, 1052–1053 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2454

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