Decomposition of organic substrates at eroding vs. depositional landform positions

Plant and Soil

Volumn 350, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 261-280

  Berhe, Asmeret Asefaw ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Deep vs. near surface decomposition; Litterbags; Toposequence

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECOMPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GRASS; LANDFORM; MAGNITUDE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POTASSIUM; SHRUB; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBSTRATE; TOPOSEQUENCE; TOPSOIL; WATERSHED;

TENNESSEE VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 83555178551     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0902-z     Document Type: Article

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