Differences in chemical composition of soil organic matter in natural ecosystems from different climatic regions - A pyrolysis-GC/MS study

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 568-579

  Vancampenhout, Karen ^a,b   Wouters, Katinka ^a   De Vos, Bruno ^c   Buurman, Peter ^d   Swennen, Rudy ^a   Deckers, Jozef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Thomas More University College   (Belgium)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomes; Factor analysis; Molecular geochemistry; Organic carbon; Pyrolysis GC MS

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); DEGRADATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRE HAZARDS; FORESTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBONS; LANDFORMS; LIGNIN; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; SOILS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

ALIPHATIC MOIETIES; BIOMES; BROADLEAVED; CARBON CYCLES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CLIMATIC REGIONS; COLD CLIMATES; CONIFEROUS FORESTS; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; KEY FACTORS; MICROBIAL DEGRADATIONS; MOLECULAR GEOCHEMISTRY; N-COMPOUNDS; NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS; ORGANIC MATTERS; PYROLYSIS-GC/MS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SUBSTRATE LIMITATIONS; TEMPERATE FORESTS; TOPSOIL SAMPLES; TROPICAL FORESTS; VEGETATION TYPES; WARM CLIMATES;

PYROLYSIS;

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; LIGNIN; PYROLYSIS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ALKANES; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DEGRADATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBONS; LIGNINS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PYROLYSIS;

EID: 60249083623     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.12.023     Document Type: Article

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