Linear analysis of soil decomposition: Insights from the Century model

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 425-439

  Bolker, Benjamin M ^a   Pacala, Stephen W ^a   Parton Jr , William J ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dynamics; Decomposition; Ecosystem; Model; Process; Simplification; Terrestrial

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION MODEL; MODELLING; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

EID: 0031979372     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[0425:LAOSDI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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