Lability of C in temperate forest soils: Assessing the role of nitrogen addition and tree species composition

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 77, Issue , 2014, Pages 129-140

  Rodriguez, Alexandra ^a   Lovett, Gary M ^a   Weathers, Kathleen C ^a   Arthur, Mary A ^b   Templer, Pamela H ^c   Goodale, Christine L ^d   Christenson, Lynn M ^e  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon stabilization; Density fractionation; Microbial fractionation; Nitrogen input; Tree species

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FORESTRY; MINERALS; NITROGEN; SOILS;

ATMOSPHERIC NITROGEN; DENSITY FRACTIONATIONS; NITROGEN ADDITIONS; SOIL DECOMPOSITION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; TEMPERATE FOREST ECOSYSTEMS; TREE SPECIES; TREE SPECIES COMPOSITION;

STABILIZATION;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOIL; FRACTIONATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION; TEMPERATE FOREST;

CARBON; FRACTIONATION; MINERALS; NITROGEN;

EID: 84903884904     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.06.025     Document Type: Article

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