Soil moisture and soil-litter mixing effects on surface litter decomposition: A controlled environment assessment

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 123-132

  Lee, Hanna ^a   Fitzgerald, Jessica ^b   Hewins, Daniel B ^b,f   McCulley, Rebecca L ^c   Archer, Steven R ^d   Rahn, Thom ^e   Throop, Heather L ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drylands; Eragrostis lehmanniana; PLFA; Prosopis velutina; Rainfall pulses; Soil Litter incubation

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACIDS; MIXING; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RAIN;

DRY LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ERAGROSTIS LEHMANNIANA; LEAF LITTER DECOMPOSITION; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACIDS; PLFA; PROSOPIS VELUTINA; SOIL SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

SOIL MOISTURE;

COLONIZATION; DECOMPOSITION; GRASS; LEAF LITTER; LITTER; MIXING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SURFACE;

EID: 84894069630     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.01.027     Document Type: Article

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