Decrease of soil organic matter stabilization with increasing inputs: Mechanisms and controls

Geoderma

Volumn 304, Issue , 2017, Pages 76-82

  Shahbaz, Muhammad ^a   Kuzyakov, Yakov ^a   Heitkamp, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Priming effect; Root mineralisation; Soil organic matter; Straw residue; Water stable aggregates

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; MINERALOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SILT; SOILS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; MINERALISATION; PRIMING EFFECTS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; WATER STABLE AGGREGATES;

STABILIZATION;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP RESIDUE; ROOT SYSTEM; SILTY LOAM; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL STABILIZATION;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84973861019     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2016.05.019     Document Type: Article

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