Effect of plant communities on aggregate composition and organic matter stabilisation in young soils

Plant and Soil

Volumn 387, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 265-275

  Gunina, Anna ^a,b,c   Ryzhova, Irina ^c   Dorodnikov, Maxim ^a   Kuzyakov, Yakov ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b DOKUCHAEV SOIL SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aggregate turnover; Carbon accumulation rates; Carbon sequestration; Initial soil formation; Organic matter stabilisation; Young soils

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922098667     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-014-2299-y     Document Type: Article

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