Production of carbon occluded in phytolith is season-dependent in a bamboo forest in subtropical China.

Carbon (C) occluded in phytolith (PhytOC) is a stable form of C; when PhytOC is returned to the soil through litterfall it is stored in the soil which can be an effective way for long-term C sequestration. However, few estimates on the rate of PhytOC input to the soil are available. To better unders...

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Main Authors: Zhang-Ting Huang, Pei-Kun Jiang, Scott Xiaochuan Chang, Yan Zhang, Yu-Qi Ying
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/25188462/pdf/?tool=EBI

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