Dynamics and speciation of organic carbon during decomposition of leaf litter and fine roots in four subtropical plantations of China

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 300, Issue , 2013, Pages 43-52

  Wang, Hui ^a   Liu, Shirong ^a   Wang, Jingxin ^b   Shi, Zuomin ^a   Lu, Lihua ^a   Guo, Wenfu ^a   Jia, Hongyan ^a   Cai, Daoxiong ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dynamics; Litter decomposition; Microclimate; Plant traits; Solid state 13C CPMAS NMR spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CARBON DYNAMICS; COMPOSITIONAL CHANGES; DECOMPOSITION PROCESS; LEAF LITTER DECOMPOSITION; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; MAIN CONTROLLING FACTORS; MICROCLIMATE; PLANT TRAITS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORESTRY; MAGIC ANGLE SPINNING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SOILS; TROPICS;

DYNAMICS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; FINE ROOT; LEAF LITTER; MICROCLIMATE; ORGANIC CARBON; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EMISSION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SUBTROPICAL REGION; TURNOVER;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DECAY; FOREST LITTER; FORESTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOIL; SPECTROSCOPY; TROPICS;

CHINA;

CASTANOPSIS HYSTRIX; CONIFEROPHYTA; MICHELIA MACCLUREI; MYTILARIA LAOSENSIS; PINUS MASSONIANA;

EID: 84877919682     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.12.015     Document Type: Article

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