Three-source partitioning of CO2 efflux from soil planted with maize by 13C natural abundance fails due to inactive microbial biomass

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2772-2781

  Werth, M ^a   Subbotina, I ^b   Kuzyakov, Y ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b SOUTHERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

13C isotopic fractionation; 13C natural abundance; CO2 efflux from soil; Microbial biomass; Rhizomicrobial respiration; Root respiration; SOM decomposition; 13C

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CROPS; MICROBIOLOGY; SOILS; VEGETATION;

EFFLUX FROM SOIL; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NATURAL ABUNDANCE; RHIZOMICROBIAL RESPIRATION; ROOT RESPIRATION; SOM DECOMPOSITION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON ISOTOPE; DECOMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MAIZE; MASS BALANCE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PARTITIONING; RESPIRATION; RHIZOSPHERE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34548137662     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.04.032     Document Type: Article

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