Influence of source vegetation and redox conditions on lignin-based decomposition proxies in graminoid-dominated ombrotrophic peat (Penido Vello, NW Spain)

Geoderma

Volumn 237, Issue , 2015, Pages 270-282

  Schellekens, Judith ^a,b   Buurman, Peter ^c   Kuyper, Thomas W ^c   Abbott, Geoffrey D ^d   Pontevedra Pombal, Xabier ^a   Martínez Cortizas, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C N ratio; Ericoids; Graminoids; Lignin degradation; Peatland; Pyrolysis GC MS

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGRADATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGNIN; MAGIC ANGLE SPINNING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC ACIDS; PEAT; PYROLYSIS; TISSUE; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

C/N RATIO; ERICOIDS; GRAMINOIDS; LIGNIN DEGRADATION; PEATLAND; PYROLYSIS-GC-MS;

DECAY (ORGANIC);

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DOMINANCE; LIGNIN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PEAT; PEATLAND; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; VEGETATION;

GALICIA [SPAIN]; LUGO [GALICIA]; PENIDO VELLO; SPAIN;

EID: 84907494020     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2014.09.012     Document Type: Article

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