Geologic controls of soil carbon cycling and microbial dynamics in temperate conifer forests

Chemical Geology

Volumn 267, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 12-23

  Heckman, Katherine ^a   Welty Bernard, Amy ^b   Rasmussen, Craig ^a   Schwartz, Egbert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Soil microbial dynamics; Soil mineralogy; Soil organic carbon; Temperate conifer forests

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST SOIL; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CHEMISTRY; TEMPERATE FOREST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 69549105872     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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