The effect of soil texture and roots on the stable carbon isotope composition of soil organic carbon

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-94

  Bird, M ^a,d   Kracht, O ^b,e   Derrien, D ^c   Zhou, Y ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e Thermo Finnegan Mat GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

C13; Carbon cycle; Stable carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DECOMPOSITION; ISOTOPES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

MICROBIAL DECOMPOSITION;

SOIL MECHANICS;

FOREST SOIL; ORGANIC CARBON; ROOT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL TEXTURE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0037281768     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR02044     Document Type: Article

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