Does the timing of litter inputs determine natural abundance of 13C in soil organic matter? Insights from an African tiger bush ecosystem

Oecologia

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 295-304

  Guillaume, K ^a   Huard, M ^a   Gignoux, J ^a   Mariotti, A ^b   Abbadie, L ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

13C; Banded vegetation pattern; C3 C4; Soil organic matter dynamics; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

LITTER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

NIGER;

EID: 0035037435     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000598     Document Type: Article

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