Chemical and microbial activation energies of soil organic matter decomposition

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 147-153

  Leifeld, Jens ^a   von Lützow, Margit ^b  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Calorimetry; Organic soil; pH; Respiration

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CALORIMETRY; DECOMPOSITION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERAL; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDATION; PH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL RESPIRATION; SUBSTRATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84891558673     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-013-0822-6     Document Type: Article

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