Contingency in the direction and mechanics of soil organic matter responses to increased rainfall

Plant and Soil

Volumn 358, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 371-383

  Berhe, Asmeret Asefaw ^a   Suttle, K Blake ^b   Burton, Sarah D ^c   Banfield, Jillian F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Changes in rainfall; Mechanisms of SOM stabilization; MIneral Organic Matter (OM) associations; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GRASSLAND; OXIDE; RAINFALL; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL STABILIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865739312     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1156-0     Document Type: Article

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