Lignin in particle-size fractions of native grassland soils as influenced by climate

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1222-1228

  Amelung, W ^a   Flach, K W ^b   Zech, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; LIGNIN; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); THERMAL EFFECTS;

NATIVE GRASSLAND SOILS; PARTICLE SIZE FRACTIONS;

SOILS;

GRASSLAND SOIL; LIGNIN; ORGANIC CARBON;

EID: 0032737659     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj1999.6351222x     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Aber, J.D., and J.M. Melillo. 1982. Nitrogen immobilization in decaying hardwood leaf litter as a function of initial nitrogen and lignin content. Can. J. Bot. 60:2263-2268.
2. Amelung, W., K.-W. Flach, and W. Zech. 1997. Climatic effects on soil organic matter composition of the Great Plains. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 61:115-123.
3. Amelung, W., W. Zech, X. Zhang, R.F. Follett, H. Tiessen, E. Knox, and K.-W. Flach. 1998. Carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur pools in particle-size fractions as influenced by climate. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 62:172-181.
4. Amelung, W., and W. Zech. 1999. Minimisation of organic matter disruption during particle-size fractionation of grassland epipedons. Geoderma. 92:73-85.
5. Amelung, W., K.-W. Flach, and W. Zech. 1999a. Neutral and acidic sugars in particle-size fractions as influenced by climate. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 63:865-873.
6. Amelung, W., X. Zhang, and W. Zech. 1999b. Amino sugars in native grassland soils along a climosequence in North America. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 63:86-96.
7. Catroux, G., and M. Schnitzer. 1987. Chemical, spectroscopic, and biological characteristics of the organic matter in particle-size fractions separated from an Aquoll. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 51:1200-1207.
8. Cheshire, M.V. 1979. Nature and origin of carbohydrates in soils. Academic Press, London.
9. Christensen, B.T. 1992. Physical fractionation of soil and organic matter in primary particle size and density separates. Adv. Soil Sci. 20:1-90.
10. Donelly, P.K., J.A. Entry, D.L. Crawford, and K. Cromack. 1990. Cellulose and lignin degradation in forest soils: Response to moisture, temperature, and acidity. Microbiol. Ecol. 20:289-295.
11. Ertel, J.R., and J.I. Hedges. 1984. The lignin component of humic substances: Distribution among soil and sedimentary humic, fulvic and base insoluble fractions. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 48: 2065-2074.
12. Guggenberger, G., and W. Zecli. 1994. Composition and dynamics of dissolved carbohydrates and lignin-degradation products at spruce forest sites, Bavaria, Germany. Soil Biol. Biochem. 26:19-27.
13. Guggenberger, G., B.T. Christensen, and W. Zech. 1994. Land use effects on the composition of organic matter in soil particle size separates: I. Lignin and carbohydrate signature. Eur. J. Soil Sci. 45:449-458.
14. Guggenberger, G., K. Kaiser, and W. Zech. 1998. SOM pools and transformation determined by physical fractionation. Mitt. Dtsch. Bodenkd. Ges. 87:175-190.
15. Haider, K. 1992. Problems related to the humification processes in soils of temperate climates. p. 55-97. In G. Stotzky and J.-M. Bollag (ed.) Soil biochemistry, Vol. 7. Marcel Dekker, New York.
16. Hartung, J. 1989. Statistik. Oldenbourg-Verlag, München.
17. Hedges, J.I., and J.R. Ertel. 1982. Characterization of lignin by gas capillary chromatography of cupric oxide products. Anal. Chem. 54:174-178.
18. Hedges, J.I., and D.C. Mann. 1979. The characterization of plant tissues by their lignin oxidation products. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 43:1803-1807.
19. Huitema, B.E. 1980. The analysis of covariance and alternatives. John Wiley & Sons, New York.
20. Jenkinson, D.S., and J.H. Rayner. 1977. The turnover of soil organic matter in some of the Rothamstad classical experiments. Soil Sci. 123:298-305.
21. Kaiser, K., G. Guggenberger, and W. Zech. 1996. Sorption of DOM and DOM fractions to forest soils. Geoderma 74:281-303.
22. Kirk, T.K., W.J. Connors, and J.G. Zeikus. 1976. Requirement of a growth substrate during lignin decomposition by two wood-rotting fungi. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 32:191-194.
23. Kögel, I. 1986. Estimation and decomposition pattern of the lignin component in forest soils. Soil Biol. Biochem. 18:589-594.
24. Kögel, I., W. Zech, and P.G. Hatcher. 1988. Chemical composition of the organic matter in forest soils: The humus layer. Z. Pflanzenernähr. Bodenkd. 151:331-340.
25. Meentemeyer. V. 1978. Macroclimate and lignin control of litter decomposition rates. Ecology 59:465-472.
26. Melillo, J.M., J.D. Aber, and J.F. Muratore. 1982. Nitrogen and lignin control of hardwood leaf litter decomposition dynamics. Ecology 63:621-626.
27. Minderman. G. 1968. Addition, decomposition and accumulation of organic matter in forests. J. Ecol. 56:355-362.
28. Molloy, L.F., B. Bridger, and A. Cairns. 1977. Studies on a climosequence of soils in tussock grasslands. 13. Structural carbohydrates in tussock leaves, roots, and litter and in the soil light fraction. N.Z. J. Sci. 20:443-451.
29. Morra, M.J., R.R. Blank, L.L. Freeborn, and B. Shafii. 1991. Size fractionation of soil organo-mineral complexes using ultrasonic dispersion. Soil Sci. 152:294-303.
30. 13C NMR. Aust. J. Soil Res. 25:71-82.
31. Parton, W.J., D.S. Schimel, C.V. Cole, and D.S. Ojima. 1987. Analysis of factors controlling soil organic matter levels in Great Plain grasslands. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 51:1173-1179.
32. Rodionov, A., W. Amelung, I. Urusevskaja, and W. Zech. 1999. Klimaeinfluß auf Lignin und Polysaccharide in Partikelgrößen-Fraktionen zonaler Steppenböden Rußlands. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 162:231-238.
33. Schulten, H.-R., and P. Leinweber. 1991. Influence of long-term fertilization with farmyard manure on soil organic matter: Characteristics of particle-size fractions. Biol. Fertil. Soils 12:81-88.
34. Schulten, H.-R., and P. Leinweber. 1993. Pyrolysis-field ionization mass spectrometry of agricultural soils and humic substances: Effect of cropping systems and influence of the mineral matrix. Plant Soil 151:77-90.
35. 13C NMR: A debate. Fuel 68:547-560.
36. Soil Survey Staff. 1997. Keys to soil taxonomy. 7th ed. Pocahontas Press, Blacksburg, VA.
37. Stott, D.E., and J.P. Martin. 1990. Synthesis and degradation of natural and synthetic humic material in soils. p. 37-63. In P. MacCarthy et al. (ed.) Humic substances in soil and crop sciences: Selected readings. SSSA and ASA, Madison, WI.
38. USDA-SCS. 1981. Land resource regions and major land resource areas of the United States. Agriculture Handb. 296. U.S. Gov. Print. Office, Washington, DC.
39. USDA-SCS. 1994. Soils of the United States 391, CD-ROM. [CD-ROM computer file]. Nat. Soil Surv. Center. Lincoln, NE.
40. Wallis, J.R., D.P. Lettermaier, and E.F. Wood. 1991. A daily precipitation and temperature data set for the Continental United States [CD-ROM computer file]. IBM Res. Div., Yorktown Heights, NY.
41. Whitehead, D.C., H. Dibb, and R.D. Hartley. 1981. Extractant pH and the release of phenolic compounds from soils, plant roots, and leaf litter. Soil Biol. Biochem. 13:343-348.
42. Zech, W., G. Guggenberger, L. Haumaier, R. Pöhhacker, D. Schäfer, W. Amelung, A. Miltner, K. Kaiser, and F. Ziegler. 1996. Organic matter dynamics in forest soils of temperate and tropical ecosystems. p. 101-170. In A. Piccolo (ed.) Humic substances in terrestrial ecosystems. Elsevier, Amsterdam.