Stabilisation of soil organic matter in invertebrate faecal pellets through leaf litter grazing

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1202-1205

  Rawlins, Andrew J ^a   Bull, Ian D ^a   Ineson, Philip ^b   Evershed, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Leaf litter; Millipede faecal pellets; Respiration; Stabilization

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MICROBIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; STABILIZATION;

LEAF LITTER GRAZING; LITTER; MILLIPEDE FAECAL PELLETS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

ARTHROPOD; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; FECAL PELLET; LEAF LITTER; MONITORING; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL STABILIZATION;

DIPLOPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33847385882     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.10.010     Document Type: Article

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