Walkley-Black analysis of forest soil organic carbon: Recovery, limitations and uncertainty

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 221-229

  De Vos, B ^a   Lettens, S ^b   Muys, B ^b   Deckers, J A ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Forest soils; Inter laboratory variation; Organic carbon; Quantification limit; Recovery; Soil carbon; Walkley Black method

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; FOREST SOIL; LABORATORY METHOD; RECOVERY; SOIL CARBON; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

EID: 34548039242     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2007.00084.x     Document Type: Article

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