Initial soil organic carbon concentration influences the short-term retention of crop-residue carbon in the fine fraction of a heavy clay soil

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 527-535

  Poirier, Vincent ^a,b,c   Angers, Denis A ^a   Rochette, Philippe ^a   Whalen, Joann K ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

13C 15N labeled residues; Laboratory incubation; Residue input rate; Soil organic carbon; Soil particle size fractions

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLAY SOIL; CROP RESIDUE; DECOMPOSITION; MAIZE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL CARBON; SUBSOIL; TOPSOIL;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84879837605     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-013-0794-6     Document Type: Review

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