Reply on RC2

Wilson and Gerber present a thoughtful analysis on challenges related to scaling microbial dynamics to ecosystem scales. Their work takes a deep dive into the mathematics of these transition across scales. The work is well reasoned, well supported, and well written. My chief suggestion with this paper is to encourage the authors to take a step back from mathematical rigor of their analysis to connect their ideas more broadly with theories and measurements related to SOM turnover, persistence, and vulnerability. My major suggestions are aimed at making these suggestions

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