Controls on soil carbon storage and turnover in German landscapes

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 119, Issue 1-3, 2014, Pages 435-451

  Herold, Nadine ^a   Schöning, Ingo ^a   Michalzik, Beate ^b   Trumbore, Susan ^a   Schrumpf, Marion ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Physical fractionation; Soil organic matter stabilization; Temperate Forest; Temperate Grassland; Turnover

Indexed keywords

RADIOCARBON DATING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEXTURE; STABILIZATION; TEMPERATE FOREST; TOPSOIL; TURNOVER;

GERMANY;

EID: 84900562375     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-014-9978-x     Document Type: Article

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