Turning sunlight into stone: The oxalate-carbonate pathway in a tropical tree ecosystem

Biogeosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1755-1767

  Cailleau, G ^a   Braissant, O ^b   Verrecchia, E P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; BACTERIUM; BIOMINERALIZATION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBONATE; CRYSTAL; FUNGUS; GEOACCUMULATION; INORGANIC SALT; LIGHT EFFECT; LITTER; MICROSCOPY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OXIDATION; OXISOL; PH; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); ROOT; SHRUB; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL TYPE; TERMITE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AFRICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; ISOPTERA; MILICIA EXCELSA;

EID: 79960257766     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-1755-2011     Document Type: Article

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