Integrating the roles of lignin and soil geochemical properties to improve the prediction accuracy of organic matter decomposition in NEON soils

Bo Yi1, Chaoqun Lu2, Wenjuan Huang1, Wenjuan Yu1, Kenneth Hammel3, Samantha R Weintraub-Leff4 and Steven J Hall1, (1)Iowa State University, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, AMES, United States, (2)Iowa State University, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Ames, IA, United States, (3)University of Wisconsin Madison, Bacteriology, Madison, United States, (4)National Ecological Observatory Network, Boulder, CO, United States