Coupling plant litter quantity to a novel metric for litter quality explains C storage changes in a thawing permafrost peatland

Agriculture & Biology

• permafrost 100%
• peatlands 82%
• thawing 67%
• plant litter 67%
• net primary productivity 56%
• degradation 39%
• carbon dioxide 34%
• methane 31%
• plant communities 31%
• carbon 28%
• oxidation 24%
• phytomass 21%
• ecosystems 16%
• global warming potential 15%
• greenhouse gases 12%
• organic soils 12%
• soil microorganisms 11%
• thermodynamics 11%
• carbon nitrogen ratio 11%
• Arctic region 11%
• soil 11%
• bioavailability 10%
• chemistry 9%
• climate change 9%
• biomass 6%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• thawing 71%
• peatland 68%
• permafrost 64%
• litter 61%
• decomposition 40%
• productivity 38%
• plant community 26%
• carbon 21%
• oxidation 18%
• biomass 17%
• warming 14%
• rate 12%
• soil 11%
• transition 11%
• ecosystem dynamics 11%
• organic soil 9%
• bioavailability 8%
• turnover 8%
• energetics 8%
• greenhouse gas 8%
• global warming 7%
• material 7%
• carbon dioxide 7%
• thermodynamics 7%
• methane 7%
• ecosystem 5%
• climate change 5%
• effect 4%

Chemical Compounds

• Decomposition 42%
• Soil 37%
• Ecosystem 26%
• Carbon Atom 20%
• Oxidation Reaction 14%
• Greenhouse Gas 14%
• Bioavailability 10%
• Methane 8%
• Carbon Dioxide 8%
• Thermodynamics 6%
• Chemistry 6%