Temperature response of litter and soil organic matter decomposition is determined by chemical composition of organic material

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3858-3871

  Erhagen, Björn ^a   Öquist, Mats ^a   Sparrman, Tobias ^b   Haei, Mahsa ^a   Ilstedt, Ulrik ^a   Hedenström, Mattias ^b   Schleucher, Jürgen ^b   Nilsson, Mats B ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CO2; CP MAS NMR; Decomposition; Forest; Litter; Organic chemical composition; Q10; Soil organic matter; Temperature sensitivity

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOREST SOIL; LITTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CARBON DIOXIDE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CP-MAS NMR; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; LITTER; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; SOIL; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

CO2; CP-MAS NMR; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST; LITTER; ORGANIC CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SOIL; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84887414456     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12342     Document Type: Article

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