Temperature sensitivity of young and old soil carbon - Same soil, slight differences in 13C natural abundance method, inconsistent results

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2703-2705

  Conen, Franz ^a   Karhu, Kristiina ^b   Leifeld, Jens ^c   Seth, Barbara ^a   Vanhala, Pekka ^b   Liski, Jari ^b   Alewell, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Carbon isotopes; Mineralisation; Temperature sensitivity

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; MINERALISATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITIES; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

SOILS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 51549102560     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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