Isotopic evidences for microbiologically mediated and direct C input to soil compounds from three different leaf litters during their decomposition

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-95

  Rubino, Mauro ^a,d   Lubritto, C ^a   D'Onofrio, A ^a   Terrasi, F ^a   Kramer, C ^b   Gleixner, G ^c   Cotrufo, M F ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Litter decomposition; n Alkanes; PLFA; Pyrolysis GC MS C IRMS; SOM; 13C

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ISOTOPES; LINOLEIC ACID; PARAFFINS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PYROLYSIS;

DIFFERENT CLASS; LEAF LITTER; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; N-ALKANES; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACIDS; PYROLYSE-GC/MS-C-IRMS; PYROLYSIS PRODUCTS; PYROLYSIS-GC-MS; SOM; Δ13C;

SOILS;

CERCIS CANADENSIS; FUNGI; LIQUIDAMBAR; LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 59749093960     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-008-0141-6     Document Type: Article

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