The temperature dependence of organic-matter decomposition - Still a topic of debate

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2510-2518

  Kirschbaum, Miko Uwe Franz ^a,b  

^a Research School of Biological Sciences   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon; Climate change; Soil respiration; Substrate; Temperature sensitivity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECOMPOSITION; ECOLOGY;

SOIL RESPIRATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECOMPOSITION; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL CARBON; SOIL RESPIRATION; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

EID: 34247271115     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.01.030     Document Type: Article

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