Pyrogenic carbon additions to soil counteract positive priming of soil carbon mineralization by plants

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 33-41

  Whitman, Thea ^a   Enders, Akio ^a   Lehmann, Johannes ^a  

^a Department of Crop and Soil Science Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biochar; Black carbon; Negative priming; Positive priming; Root respiration; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; EXPERIMENTS; ISOTOPES; NUTRIENTS; OPTIMIZATION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIO CHARS; BLACK CARBON; NEGATIVE PRIMING; POSITIVE PRIMING; ROOT RESPIRATION; SOIL RESPIRATION;

SOILS;

DECOMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PH; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EID: 84895727520     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.02.009     Document Type: Article

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