Article type: Letter
Running title: Root links to litter and soil in the tropics
Article title: Plant roots link stronger with microorganisms in leaf litter rather than soil across tropical land-use systems
Keywords: roots; litter; land use; deforestation; microbial biomass; basal resources; trenching
Numbers: 150 words in the abstract; 5303 words in the main text; 90 references; 5 figures and 10 appendixes (1 supplementary information, 3 supplementary figures and 6 supplementary tables)