A general mathematical framework for representing soil organic matter dynamics

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 505-524

  Sierra, Carlos A ^a   Muller, Markus ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Dynamical systems; Microbial carbon use efficiency; Soil carbon models; Soil microbial models; Soil respiration; Soil warming experiments; Stability analysis

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; TIMESCALE;

EID: 84940066076     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/15-0361.1     Document Type: Article

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