A new conceptual model for the fate of lignin in decomposing plant litter

Dual role of lignin in plant litter decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems

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Chemical Changes During 6 Years of Decomposition of 11 Litters in Some Canadian Forest Sites. Part 2. 13C Abundance, Solid-State 13C NMR Spectroscopy and the Meaning of “Lignin”

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Carbon mineralization and properties of water-extractable organic carbon in soils of the south Loess Plateau in China

(2008) Manxing Zhao et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY

Simple three-pool model accurately describes patterns of long-term litter decomposition in diverse climates

(2008) E. CAROL ADAIR et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Reappraisal of drying and wetting effects on C and N mineralization and fluxes in soils

(2008) WERNER BORKEN et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Isolation of soil lignins by combination of ball-milling and cellulolysis: Evaluation of purity and isolation efficiency with pyrolysis/GC/MS

(2008) Marie-France Dignac et al.   JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED PYROLYSIS

The relationship between rates of lignin and cellulose decay in aboveground forest litter

(2008) John Herman et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Lignin degradation during a laboratory incubation followed by 13C isotope analysis

(2008) H. Bahri et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Mineralization of native soil organic matter is not regulated by the size, activity or composition of the soil microbial biomass—a new perspective

(2007) S.J. Kemmitt et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY