Litter quality assessed by solid state 13C NMR spectroscopy predicts decay rate better than C/N and Lignin/N ratios

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 56, Issue , 2013, Pages 40-48

  Bonanomi, Giuliano ^a   Incerti, Guido ^a   Giannino, Francesco ^a   Mingo, Antonio ^a   Lanzotti, Virginia ^a   Mazzoleni, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

C stocks; C cycle; Decomposition; Litter quality; Litterbag; Principal component regression; Proximate cellulose and lignin

Indexed keywords

C STOCKS; C-CYCLE; LITTER QUALITY; LITTERBAGS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT REGRESSION;

CARBOHYDRATES; DECAY (ORGANIC); DECOMPOSITION; FORECASTING; LIGNIN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CELLULOSE; DECOMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LIGNIN; LITTER; NITROGEN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUTRIENT BUDGET; ORGANIC CARBON; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84871929041     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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