Uncertainty in the fate of soil organic carbon: A comparison of three conceptually different decomposition models at a larch plantation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1892-1905

  He, Yujie ^a   Yang, Jinyan ^b,c   Zhuang, Qianlai ^a,d   McGuire, Anthony D ^e   Zhu, Qing ^a   Liu, Yaling ^a   Teskey, Robert O ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; PLANTATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

LARIX; LARIX GMELINII;

EID: 84926474410     PISSN: 21698953     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JG002701     Document Type: Article

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