Priming of soil decomposition leads to losses of carbon in soil treated with cow urine

Soil Research

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 513-520

  Lambie, S M ^a   Schipper, L A ^b   Balks, M R ^b   Baisden, W T ^c  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Artificial urine; CO2; Dehydrogenase; Radio labelled; Urea hydrolysis; Urease

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL URINES; DEHYDROGENASE; RADIO-LABELLED; UREA HYDROLYSIS; UREASE;

BODY FLUIDS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; SOILS; UREA;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DECOMPOSITION; HYDROLYSIS; INCUBATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PH; SOIL CARBON; SOLUBILIZATION; URINE;

EID: 84889007506     PISSN: 1838675X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR13148     Document Type: Article

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