A study of lignin degradation in leaf and needle litter using 13C-labelled tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) thermochemolysis: Comparison with CuO oxidation and van Soest methods

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1271-1278

  Klotzbücher, Thimo ^a   Filley, Timothy R ^b   Kaiser, Klaus ^c   Kalbitz, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; BROWN ROT FUNGI; LIGNIN DEGRADATION; LIGNIN OXIDATION; LIGNIN-DERIVED PHENOL; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; LITTERBAGS; MASS LOSS; NEEDLE LITTER; SPRUCE FOREST; TETRAMETHYL AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; THERMOCHEMOLYSIS; WOOD-ROTTING FUNGI;

BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; FORESTRY; FUNGI; LIGNIN; NEEDLES; OXIDATION; PHENOLS;

WOOD;

CARBON ISOTOPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; FUNGAL DISEASE; LIGNIN; LITTER; OXIDATION; SAMPLING; YIELD RESPONSE;

BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; FORESTRY; FUNGI; GERMANY; LIGNINS; NEEDLES; OXIDATION; PHENOLS; WOOD;

ACER; FAGUS; FUNGI; PICEA;

EID: 80053461178     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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