Responses of soil microbiota of a late successional alpine grassland to long term CO2 enrichment

Plant and Soil

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 219-229

  Niklaus, Pascal A ^a   Körner, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

carbon sequestration; elevated CO2; metabolic quotient; microbial biomass; nutrient limitation; respiration

Indexed keywords

ALPINE GRASSLAND; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; FERTILIZER; GRASSLAND; MICROBIAL BIOMASS;

EID: 0030301905     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00010451     Document Type: Article

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