Integrating plant litter quality, soil organic matter stabilization, and the carbon saturation concept

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 3200-3209

  Castellano, Michael J ^a   Mueller, Kevin E ^b   Olk, Daniel C ^b   Sawyer, John E ^a   Six, Johan ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Litter; Mineralization; Nitrogen; Residue

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECOMPOSITION; LITTER; MINERALIZATION; MINERALOGY; NITROGEN; PLANT RESIDUE; SATURATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; SOIL;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL;

CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; SOIL;

EID: 84942296995     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12982     Document Type: Article

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