Substrate quality and the temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter decomposition

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1567-1574

  Hartley, Iain P ^a   Ineson, Phil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; CO2; Feedback; Labile; Recalcitrant; Respiration; Soil organic matter; Temperature

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECOMPOSITION; KINETIC THEORY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOILS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

INCUBATION SYSTEM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER (SOM); SUBSTRATE RECALCITRANCE;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECOMPOSITION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION; SUBSTRATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 46449139858     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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