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Can composition and physical protection of soil organic matter explain soil respiration temperature sensitivity?

Date

Authors

Zimmermann, Michael

Leifeld, Jens

Conen, Franz

Bird, Michael

Meir, Patrick

Publisher

Kluwer Academic Publishers

Abstract

The importance of soil organic matter (SOM) in the global carbon (C) cycle has been highlighted by many studies, but the way in which SOM stabilization processes and chemical composition affect decomposition rates under natural climatic conditions is not

Keywords

Keywords: calorimetry; carbon cycle; carbon isotope; chemical composition; decomposition; fractionation; global change; nuclear magnetic resonance; physicochemical property; soil organic matter; soil respiration; soil stabilization; soil temperature; translocation; 13C Nuclear magnetic resonance; Differential scanning calorimetry; Fractionation; Q 10; Soil organic matter

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/77973

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Biogeochemistry

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1007/s10533-010-9562-y

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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