The Dual Arrhenius and Michaelis-Menten kinetics model for decomposition of soil organic matter at hourly to seasonal time scales

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 371-384

  Davidson, Eric A ^a   Samanta, Sudeep ^a   Caramori, Samantha S ^b   Savage, Kathleen ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Climate change; CO 2; Q 10; Soil carbon; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; METABOLISM; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER;

HARVARD FOREST; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81055146020     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02546.x     Document Type: Article

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