Quantifying water-stable soil aggregate turnover and its implication for soil organic matter dynamics in a model study

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 693-707

  De Gryze, S ^a   Six, J ^b   Merckx, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL CHANGE; MASS TRANSFER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL WATER;

EID: 33744914240     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: 13652389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2005.00760.x     Document Type: Article

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