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Table 2 Potential mineralizable soil carbon (C0) obtained through fitting the model (\( {C}_{cum}(t)={C}_0\times \left(1-{e}^{-{k}_0t}\right) \)) to cumulative mineralized carbon (C cum ) at temperature and moisture incubation conditions

From: Recalcitrant carbon controls the magnitude of soil organic matter mineralization in temperate forests of northern China

Forest type

Moisture (%)

5 °C

10 °C

15 °C

20 °C

25 °C

30 °C

Pinus

30

4.12 a

3.70 a

3.97 a

3.87 a

3.72 a

3.75 a

60

3.95 a

4.15 a

4.08 ab

4.00 a

3.89 a

3.77 a

90

4.22 a

4.26 a

4.51 b

4.08 a

4.09 a

3.95 a

Oak

30

3.86 a

4.11 a

4.04 a

3.60 a

4.06 a

3.34 a

60

3.73 a

3.76 a

4.01 a

3.91 a

3.84 a

3.89 b

90

4.10 a

4.06 a

4.23 a

4.22 a

4.24 a

4.14 b

Mixed

30

4.75 b

4.46 b

4.04 a

3.83 a

4.05 a

4.41 a

60

3.92 a

3.86 a

4.06 a

3.88 a

3.90 a

3.59 a

90

4.09 ab

4.07 ab

4.31 a

4.06 a

4.16 a

3.95 a

  1. Variant lowercase letter means significant difference at P < 0.05 among moisture gradients (n = 5)