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Variable temperature sensitivity of soil organic carbon in North American forests
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Year Published
2009
Publication
Global Change Biology. 15: 2295-2310.
Abstract
We investigated mean residence time (MRT) for soil organic carbon (SOC) sampled from paired hardwood and pine forests located along a 22 °C mean annual temperature (MAT) gradient in North America. We used acid hydrolysis fractionation, radiocarbon analyses, long-term laboratory incubations (525-d), and a three-pool model to describe the size and kinetics of the acid insoluble C (AIC), active and slow SOC fractions in soil.
Keywords
carbon quality; Q10; radiocarbon; SOC decomposition; SOC fractionation; stable C; temperate forestsCitation
Fissore, Cinzia; Giardina, Christian P.; Swanston, Christopher W.; King, Gary M.; Kolka, Randall K. 2009. Variable temperature sensitivity of soil organic carbon in North American forests. Global Change Biology. 15: 2295-2310.
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