Soil organic matter dynamics along a rice chronosequence in north-eastern Argentina: Evidence from natural13C abundance and particle size fractionation

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2753-2761

  Desjardins, Thierry ^a   Folgarait, Patricia J ^b   Pando Bahuon, Anne ^c   Girardin, Cyril ^d   Lavelle, Patrick ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE QUILMES   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

Author keywords

Argentina; Natural grassland; Rice fields; Soil organic matter; Stable carbon isotope; Turnover

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CROPS; CULTIVATION; PARTICLE SIZE; VEGETATION;

NATURAL GRASSLAND; RICE FIELDS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE;

SOILS;

BULK DENSITY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHRONOSEQUENCE; GRASSLAND; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; PADDY FIELD; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34548140492     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.04.029     Document Type: Article

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