Decomposition of soil organic matter from boreal black spruce forest: Environmental and chemical controls

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-47

  Wickland, Kimberly P ^a   Neff, Jason C ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Boreal forest; Decomposition; Permafrost; Pyrolysis GC MS; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOREST SOIL; PERMAFROST; POLYSACCHARIDE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 38349043888     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-007-9166-3     Document Type: Article

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