Temporal variations in plant δ13C values and implications for using the 13C technique in long-term soil organic matter studies

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1245-1251

  Diels, J ^a   Vanlauwe, B ^a,b   Sanginga, N ^a,b   Coolen, E ^c   Merckx, R ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b C/o Lambourn and Co ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

13C; Alley cropping; C3 C4; Carbon fractionation; Cowpea; Maize; Soil organic carbon; Weeds

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; CLIMATE; CROPPING SYSTEM; FORESTRY; ISOTOPE LABELING; PRUNING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL AND SOIL RELATED PHENOMENA; SOIL BIOLOGY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TROPICS;

CARBON ISOTOPE; PLANT;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0034953887     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(01)00030-X     Document Type: Article

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