Degradation kinetics of biochar from pyrolysis and hydrothermal carbonization in temperate soils

Plant and Soil

Volumn 372, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 375-387

  Bai, Mo ^a   Wilske, Burkhard ^a   Buegger, Franz ^b   Esperschütz, Jürgen ^b   Kammann, Claudia Irene ^a   Eckhardt, Christian ^a   Koestler, Martin ^a   Kraft, Philipp ^a   Bach, Martin ^a   Frede, Hans Georg ^a   Breuer, Lutz ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

13CO2 efflux; Biodegradation; Char; HTC; Recalcitrant carbon; Soil amendment

Indexed keywords

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHARCOAL; GRASS; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC CARBON; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84886266255     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-013-1745-6     Document Type: Article

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