Organic C and N stabilization in a forest soil: Evidence from sequential density fractionation

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3313-3324

  Sollins, Phillip ^a   Swanston, Christopher ^b   Kleber, Markus ^c   Filley, Timothy ^d   Kramer, Marc ^e   Crow, Susan ^a   Caldwell, Bruce A ^a   Lajtha, Kate ^a   Bowden, Richard ^f  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

13C; 14C; 15N; Acid aldehyde ratio; Amino acid; Amino sugar; Carbon; Cutin; Glycoprotein; Hydroxyfatty acids; Lignin; Magnetite; MRT; Nitrogen; Particle density; Protein; Smectite; Soil C stabilization; Soil organic matter; Suberin; Sulfur; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACIDS; FORESTRY; SILT; TEXTURES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACID/ALDEHYDE RATIO; AMINO SUGAR; SOIL C STABILIZATION;

SOILS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CLAY SOIL; FOREST SOIL; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MINERALOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC NITROGEN; SILICATE; SILT; SOIL TEXTURE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMINO ACIDS; CUTIN; FATTY ACIDS; FORESTRY; LIGNINS; SILT; SOIL; SUBERINS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 33748900319     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.04.014     Document Type: Article

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