Reduced substrate supply limits the temperature response of soil organic carbon decomposition

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue , 2013, Pages 306-311

  Fissore, Cinzia ^a   Giardina, Christian P ^b   Kolka, Randall K ^b  

^a WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest soils; Incubation; Labile C; Q10; Resistant C; Substrate addition; Temperature sensitivity

Indexed keywords

FOREST SOILS; INCUBATION; LABILE C; Q10; RESISTANT C; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

DECOMPOSITION; FORESTRY; GLUCOSE; SUBSTRATES;

SOILS;

CARBON BALANCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST SOIL; GLUCOSE; ORGANIC SOIL; SOIL CARBON; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL TEXTURE; SUBSTRATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

DECAY; FORESTRY; GLUCOSE; SOIL; SUBSTRATES; TEMPERATURE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84885080479     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.09.007     Document Type: Article

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