Soil carbon saturation controls labile and stable carbon pool dynamics

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 605-612

  Gulde, S ^a,b   Chung, H ^a   Amelung, W ^b   Chang, C ^c   Six, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; FRACTIONATION; MANURES;

MACROAGGREGATES; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER (POM); WATER-STABLE AGGREGATE;

SOIL SURVEYS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; FRACTIONATION; MANURES; SOIL SURVEYS;

FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MANURE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ALBERTA; CANADA; LETHBRIDGE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 43949140870     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2007.0251     Document Type: Article

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