Soil carbon sensitivity to temperature and carbon use efficiency compared across microbial-ecosystem models of varying complexity

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 119, Issue 1-3, 2014, Pages 67-84

  Li, Jianwei ^a   Wang, Gangsheng ^b   Allison, Steven D ^c   Mayes, Melanie A ^b   Luo, Yiqi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon use efficiency; First order decay model; Microbial enzyme model; Soil organic matter decomposition; Temperature threshold; Warming

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84900798888     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-013-9948-8     Document Type: Article

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