Importance of macroaggregate dynamics in controlling soil carbon stabilization: Short-term effects of physical disturbance induced by dry-wet cycles

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 15, 2001, Pages 2145-2153

  Denef, Karolien ^a,b   Six, Johan ^a   Paustian, Keith ^a   Merckx, Roel ^b  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Carbon sequestration; Dry wet cycles; Particulate soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

MACROAGGREGATE; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STABILIZATION; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE;

RESEDA LUTEOLA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0035206375     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(01)00153-5     Document Type: Article

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