Anthropogenic and climate influences on biogeochemical dynamics and molecular-level speciation of soil sulfur

Ecological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 989-1002

  Solomon, Dawit ^a   Lehmann, Johannes ^a   Kinyangi, James ^a   Pell, Alice ^a   Theis, Janice ^a   Riha, Susan ^a   Ngoze, Solomon ^a   Amelung, Wulf ^b   Preez, Chris Du ^c   Machado, Stephen ^d   Ellert, Ben ^e   Janzen, Henry ^e  

^a Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

C bonded S; Ester bonded S; Land use; Organic S; Oxidized S; Reduced S; Sulfates; Sulfides; Sulfonates; Synchrotron radiation; XANES

Indexed keywords

SULFUR; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OXIDATION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFONATE; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; KENYA; NORTH AMERICA; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SOIL; SOUTH AFRICA; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; KENYA; NORTH AMERICA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOIL; SOUTH AFRICA; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 66149165758     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0095.1     Document Type: Article

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