Dissolved organic carbon from European beech logs: Patterns of input to and retention by surface soil

Ecoscience

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 364-373

  Kahl, Tiemo ^a   Mund, Martina ^a,c   Bauhus, Jürgen ^b   Schulze, Ernst Detlef ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

coarse woody debris; dendrochronology; paired t test; stable carbon isotopes; tension lysimeter; unmanaged forest

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; LOGGING (TIMBER); LYSIMETER; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

EID: 84874852466     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/19-4-3501     Document Type: Article

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