Zi-Jian Guo

Physicochemical Protection Outweighs Microbial Carbon Use Efficiency in Regulating Soil Organic Carbon Across an Aridity Gradient.

Microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) has been proposed as a critical determinant of soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics, yet its relative importance compared with plant carbon inputs, edaphic conditions, microbial attributes, and physicochemical protection remains poorly understood. Here, we conducted large-scale soil...