Litter decay controlled by temperature, not soil properties, affecting future soil carbon

Global Change Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1725-1734

  Gregorich, Edward G ^a   Janzen, Henry ^b   Ellert, Benjamin H ^b   Helgason, Bobbi L ^c   Qian, Budong ^a   Zebarth, Bernie J ^a   Angers, Denis A ^a   Beyaert, Ronald P ^a   Drury, Craig F ^d   Duguid, Scott D ^a   May, William E ^a   McConkey, Brian G ^a   Dyck, Miles F ^e  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d HARROW RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

agriculture; carbon cycling; climate change; litter decomposition; temperature

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; GLOBAL CHANGE; LITTER; SOIL CARBON; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

CANADA;

CARBON; SOIL;

CANADA; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

CANADA; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84991260484     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13502     Document Type: Article

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