Analytical models of soil and litter decomposition: Solutions for mass loss and time-dependent decay rates

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue , 2012, Pages 66-76

  Manzoni, Stefano ^a,b   Piñeiro, Gervasio ^b,c   Jackson, Robert B ^b   Jobbágy, Esteban G ^d   Kim, John H ^b   Porporato, Amilcare ^a,b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Apparent decay rate; Carbon model; Compartment model; Continuous quality model; Linear systems; Soil organic matter and litter decomposition

Indexed keywords

CARBON MODELS; COMPARTMENT MODEL; DECAY RATE; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; QUALITY MODELS;

ANALYTICAL MODELS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); DECAY (ORGANIC); EXPERIMENTS; ISOTOPES; LAKES; LINEAR SYSTEMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RADIOACTIVITY; RATING; SOILS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; LINEARITY; LITTER; ORGANIC CARBON; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATE; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84860629378     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.02.029     Document Type: Article

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