Geochemical and Fungal Controls Over Decomposition of Lignin, Litter, and Soil Organic Carbon at the Continental Scale

Samantha R Weintraub-Leff1, Wenjuan Huang2, Wenjuan Yu3, Bo Yi2, Erik S Raman4, Jihoon Yang4, Kenneth Hammel5, Chaoqun Lu6, Adina Howe7 and Steven J Hall2, (1)National Ecological Observatory Network, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Iowa State University, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, AMES, United States, (3)Iowa State University, Ames, IA, UNITED STATES, (4)Iowa State University, Ames, United States, (5)US Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, United States, (6)Iowa State University, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Ames, IA, United States, (7)Iowa State University, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Ames, United States