The Ecology of Soil Carbon: Pools, Vulnerabilities, and Biotic and Abiotic Controls

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 48, Issue , 2017, Pages 419-445

  Jackson, Robert B ^a,g   Lajtha, Kate ^b   Crow, Susan E ^c   Hugelius, Gustaf ^a,d   Kramer, Marc G ^e   Piñeiro, Gervasio ^f,g  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^g UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Global carbon stocks; Litter and root inputs; Soil carbon mitigation and vulnerabilities; Soil fauna and food web ecology; Soil organic carbon; Soil organic matter; Soil organic nitrogen

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTOR; BIOTIC FACTOR; CARBON CYCLE; DECOMPOSITION; FOOD WEB; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE CHANGE; LITTER; SOIL CARBON; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; VULNERABILITY;

FUNGI;

EID: 85033242326     PISSN: 1543592X     EISSN: 15452069     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-112414-054234     Document Type: Article

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