Soil organic matter and texture affect responses to dry/wet cycles: Effects on carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 43-55

  Harrison Kirk, T ^a   Beare, M H ^a   Meenken, E D ^a   Condron, L M ^b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Carbon mineralisation; Dry wet cycle; Nitrous oxide emissions; Soil organic matter; Texture

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC GAS; CARBON MINERALISATION; CLAY LOAM SOILS; CLAY LOAMS; DRY SOIL; DRY/WET CYCLES; DRYING PHASE; EMISSION DATA; FIELD CAPACITY; INCUBATION STUDY; MINERALISATION; MOISTURE CONDITIONS; NITROUS OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS; PER UNIT; RE-WETTING; SILT LOAM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL TYPES; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STRESS HISTORY; TREATMENT PHASE; WATER-FILLED PORE SPACE; WILTING POINT;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SILT; SOIL MOISTURE; TEXTURES; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

MINERALOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA PROCESSING; LABORATORY METHOD; MINERALIZATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; NITROUS OXIDE; PREDICTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEXTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 84869890296     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.10.008     Document Type: Article

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