What determines the temperature response of soil organic matter decomposition?

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1794-1798

  Ågren, Göran I ^a   Wetterstedt, J Å Martin ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Diffusion; Temperature sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON MONOXIDE; DECOMPOSITION; GLOBAL WARMING; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

MINERALISATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER (SOM); TEMPERATURE RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

SOILS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DECOMPOSITION; LITTER; MINERALIZATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 34247281567     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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