Calculating co-metabolic costs of lignin decay and their impacts on carbon use efficiency

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue , 2013, Pages 17-19

  Moorhead, Daryl L ^a   Lashermes, Gwenaëlle ^b,c   Sinsabaugh, Robert L ^d   Weintraub, Michael N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b UMR614 FARE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon use efficiency; CUE; Decomposition; LCI; Lignin; Lignocellulose index; Model

Indexed keywords

CARBON USE EFFICIENCIES; CELLULOSE AND HEMICELLULOSE; CRITICAL FEATURES; CUE; FIRST-ORDER DECAYS; LCI; LIGNOCELLULOSE INDEX; NET ENERGY YIELDS;

CARBON; CELLULOSE; COSTS; DECAY (ORGANIC); DECOMPOSITION; MODELS;

LIGNIN;

BIODEGRADATION; DECOMPOSITION; LEAF LITTER; LIGNIN; METABOLISM; REACTION KINETICS; SOIL CARBON;

EID: 84880431198     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.06.016     Document Type: Article

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