A meta-analysis and critical evaluation of influencing factors on soil carbon priming following biochar amendment
Author(s) -
Fan Ding,
Lukas Van Zwieten,
Weidong Zhang,
Zhe Weng,
Shengwei Shi,
Jingkuan Wang,
Jun Meng
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of soils and sediments
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.885
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1614-7480
pISSN - 1439-0108
DOI - 10.1007/s11368-017-1899-6
Subject(s) - biochar , amendment , slash and char , incubation , agronomy , soil carbon , chemistry , charcoal , pyrolysis , priming (agriculture) , soil ph , carbon sequestration , nitrogen , environmental chemistry , environmental science , soil science , soil water , biology , germination , organic chemistry , biochemistry , political science , law
Previous studies have found biochar-induced effects on native soil organic carbon (NSOC) decomposition, with a range of positive, negative and no priming reported. However, many uncertainties still exist regarding which parameters drive the amplitude and the direction of the biochar priming.
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