Increased precipitation accelerates soil organic matter turnover associated with microbial community composition in topsoil of the alpine grassland on the eastern Tibetan Plateau

Large quantities of carbon are stored in the alpine grassland of the Tibetan Plateau (TP), where is extremely sensitive to climate change. However, it remains unclear whether soil organic matter (SOM) in different layers responds to climate change analogously, and whether microbial communities play vital roles in SOM turnover of topsoil. In this study we measured and collected SOM turnover byThe accepted manuscript in pdf format is listed with the files at the bottom of this page. The presentation of the authors' names and (or) special characters in the title of the manuscript may differ slightly between what is listed on this page and what is listed in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript; that in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript is what was submitted by the author