Decomposition of black locust and black pine leaf litter in two coeval forest stands on Mount Vesuvius and dynamics of organic components assessed through proximate analysis and NMR spectroscopy

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 51, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-15

  De Marco, Anna ^a   Spaccini, Riccardo ^a   Vittozzi, Paola ^a   Esposito, Fabrizio ^a   Berg, Björn ^b   Virzo De Santo, Amalia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

AUR Lignin; AUR to Cellulose ratio; Decomposition rates; Limit value; Methoxyl C to Phenol C ratio; Three stage model

Indexed keywords

AUR-LIGNIN; AUR-TO-CELLULOSE RATIO; DECOMPOSITION RATE; LIMIT VALUES; METHOXYL-C-TO-PHENOL-C RATIO;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DECAY (ORGANIC); FORESTRY; LIGNIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHENOLS; VEHICLES;

CELLULOSE;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST SOIL; LEAF LITTER; LEGUME; LIGNIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION RATE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STAND STRUCTURE;

CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION; DECAY; FOREST LITTER; FORESTRY; LIGNINS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; VEHICLES;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; VESUVIUS;

PINUS NIGRA; ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA;

EID: 84860871995     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.03.025     Document Type: Article

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