Biochemical changes across a carbon saturation gradient: Lignin, cutin, and suberin decomposition and stabilization in fractionated carbon pools

Stabilization mechanisms of soil organic matter: Implications for C-saturation of soils

Johan Six, Richard T. Conant, E. A. Paul et al. · Plant and Soil · 2002 · 4.4K citations

Agriculture, Earth Sciences, Soil Sciences +14

A history of research on the link between (micro)aggregates, soil biota, and soil organic matter dynamics

Johan Six, H. Bossuyt, Steven DeGryze et al. · Soil and Tillage Research · 2004 · 4.3K citations

Agriculture, Earth Sciences, Soil Sciences +14

Humus Chemistry—Genesis, Composition, Reactions

J. W. Parsons · Soil Science · 1983 · 4.1K citations

Agriculture, Chemistry, Soil Sciences +9

Analysis of Factors Controlling Soil Organic Matter Levels in Great Plains Grasslands

W. J. Parton, D. Schimel, C. V. Cole et al. · Soil Science Society of America Journal · 1987 · 3.8K citations

Agriculture, Soil Sciences, Soil Biogeochemistry +15

Soil macroaggregate turnover and microaggregate formation: a mechanism for C sequestration under no-tillage agriculture

Johan Six, Edward T. Elliott, Keith Paustian · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · 2000 · 3.3K citations

Agriculture, Agronomy, Soil Sciences +17