Relating the biological stability of soil organic matter to energy availability in deep tropical soil profiles

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 89, Issue , 2015, Pages 162-171

  Stone, Madeleine M ^a   Plante, Alain F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep soil; Incubation; Soil organic matter; Stability; Thermal analysis; Tropical

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGY; BIOMASS; CARBON; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; METABOLISM; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOIL SURVEYS; STABILITY; THERMOANALYSIS; TROPICS;

DEEP SOILS; INCUBATION; MICROBIAL DECOMPOSITION; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; TROPICAL; TROPICAL FOREST SOILS;

SOILS;

BIOMASS; DECOMPOSITION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOREST SOIL; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL STABILIZATION; SUBSOIL; TROPICAL SOIL;

EID: 84938364155     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.07.008     Document Type: Article

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