Fitting litter decomposition datasets to mathematical curves: Towards a generalised exponential approach

Geoderma

Volumn 155, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 329-343

  Rovira, Pere ^a   Rovira, Ricard ^b  

^a CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b IES Matadepera   (Spain)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Exponential models; Kinetics; Litter; Mathematical models

Indexed keywords

BASIC EQUATIONS; DATA SETS; DECOMPOSITION PROCESS; DECOMPOSITION RATE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPONENTIAL DECAYS; EXPONENTIAL EQUATIONS; EXPONENTIAL MODELS; GENERAL APPROACH; GENERAL EQUATIONS; LITTER; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; MATHEMATICAL CURVES; ORGANIC FRACTIONS; ORGANIC MATTER; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SINGLE-EXPONENTIAL FUNCTION;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURVE FITTING; DECOMPOSITION; FUNCTION EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS;

DATA SET; DECOMPOSITION; LITTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC MATTER; REACTION KINETICS;

EID: 76449119433     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.11.033     Document Type: Article

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