Partitioning of carbon sources among functional pools to investigate short-term priming effects of biochar in soil: A 13C study

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 547, Issue , 2016, Pages 30-38

  Kerré, Bart ^a   Hernandez Soriano, Maria C ^a,b   Smolders, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biochar; Priming; Soil aggregates; Soil organic carbon; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; AGRICULTURE; ISOTOPES; MINERALOGY; ORGANIC CARBON;

BIO CHARS; PRIMING; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; STABLE ISOTOPES;

SOILS;

BIOCHAR; CARBON 13; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHARCOAL; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARBON ISOTOPE; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTITIONING; RESIDENCE TIME; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CARBON MINERALIZATION; CARBON NITROGEN RATIO; CARBON SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTIONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOLUBILIZATION; SURFACE AREA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84953327558     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.12.107     Document Type: Article

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