Unraveling the Divergent Contributions of Plant‐ and Microbial‐Derived Carbon to Soil Organic Carbon During Subtropical Vegetation Restoration
2025
ABSTRACT Soil organic carbon (SOC) pool substantially relies on the sequestration of plant‐derived carbon (C) (indicated by lignin) and microbe‐derived C (indicated by microbial necromass and glomalin‐related soil proteins [GRSPs]). However, how their contributions to SOC accumulation change with vegetation restoration and the underlying regulators remain unclear. We selected five stages of subtropical vegetation restoration (grassland, shrubland, early forest, middle forest, and late forest) to investigate the dy…