Soil organic matter turnover as a function of the soil clay content: Consequences for model applications

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 877-888

  Muller T ^a   Hoper H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b Institute of Soil Technology Bremen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clay content; DAISY; Metabolic quotient; Microbial activity; qCO2; Soil microbial biomass; Soil organic matter turnover; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CLAY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROBIOLOGY;

METABOLIC QUOTIENT; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS (SMB);

SOILS;

CLAY SOIL; DECOMPOSITION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY;

EID: 2442501485     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2003.12.015     Document Type: Article

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