Decomposition of heterogeneous organic matter and its long-term stabilization in soils

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 619-634

  Sierra, Carlos A ^a,b   Harmon, Mark E ^a   Perakis, Steven S ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous quality theory; Coupled carbon and nitrogen cycling; Ecological heterogeneity; Organic matter decomposition; Representation error; Substrate decomposability

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; GROWTH RATE; HETEROGENEITY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MINERALIZATION; NONLINEARITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL STABILIZATION; SUBSTRATE;

EID: 83155183256     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0811.1     Document Type: Article

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