Litter decay rates are determined by lignin chemistry

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 108, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 279-295

  Talbot, Jennifer M ^a   Yelle, Daniel J ^b   Nowick, James ^a   Treseder, Kathleen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulose; Decomposition; Lignin; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; HERB; LIGNIN; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYMER; POLYMERIZATION; POLYSACCHARIDE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84857637222     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-011-9599-6     Document Type: Article

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