Articles | Volume 16, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-2857-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-2857-2019
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25 Jul 2019
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Global soil–climate–biome diagram: linking surface soil properties to climate and biota

Xia Zhao, Yuanhe Yang, Haihua Shen, Xiaoqing Geng, and Jingyun Fang

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (12 May 2019) by Yakov Kuzyakov
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ED: Publish as is (28 Jun 2019) by Yakov Kuzyakov
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Surface soils interact strongly with both climate and biota and provide fundamental ecosystem services. However, the quantitative linkages between soil, climate, and biota remain unclear at a global scale. By compiling a large global soil database, we mapped eight major soil properties based on machine learning algorithms and developed a global soil–climate–biome diagram. Our results suggest shifts in soil properties under global climate and land cover change.
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