Missing links in the root-soil organic matter continuum

New Phytologist

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 513-516

  O'Brien, Sarah L ^a,b   Iversen, Colleen M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological Society of America; Global carbon cycle; Rhizosphere; Root soil organic matter; Soil heterotrophs

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FECAL PELLET; HETEROTROPHY; LEAF LITTER; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUSTAINABILITY;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SOIL;

ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 70350134520     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.03059.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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