Pathways of litter C by formation of aggregates and SOM density fractions: Implications from 13C natural abundance

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 95-104

  Gunina, Anna ^a,b,c   Kuzyakov, Yakov ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

13C fractionation; 13C natural abundance; Aggregate size classes; C sequestration; Carbon stabilization; Density fractionation; Isotopic approaches; Origin of soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE SIZE; C SEQUESTRATION; DENSITY FRACTIONATIONS; ISOTOPIC APPROACHES; NATURAL ABUNDANCE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; FORESTRY; MINERALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOILS; STABILIZATION;

AGGREGATES;

AGGREGATE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; FRACTIONATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LITTER; LOAM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TRANSFORMATION;

AGGREGATE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; CHELATION; DENSITY; FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC MATTER;

EID: 84893490454     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.01.011     Document Type: Article

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