A European morpho-functional classification of humus forms

Geoderma

Volumn 164, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 138-145

  Zanella, A ^a   Jabiol, B ^b   Ponge, J F ^c   Sartori, G ^d   De Waal, R ^e   Van Delft, B ^e   Graefe, U ^f   Cools, N ^g   Katzensteiner, K ^h   Hager, H ^h   Englisch, M ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b LERFoB   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f Institute for Applied Soil Biology   (Germany)

^g RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

ⁱ FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

Author keywords

European humus forms; Humus; Litter; Litter decomposition; Soil animals; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

HUMUS; HUMUS FORMS; LITTER; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; SOIL ANIMALS; SOIL CARBON;

ANIMALS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY;

SOILS;

DECOMPOSITION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HUMUS; LITTER; MORPHOGENESIS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TOPSOIL;

ITALY; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE; TRENTO;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79960743865     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.05.016     Document Type: Article

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