Plant species mediate changes in soil microbial N in response to elevated CO2

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2505-2515

  Hungate, Bruce A ^a,b   Canadell, Josep ^a,c   Chapin III, F Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

15N; Annual grassland; Elevated CO2; Functional groups; Introduced vs. Native species; Jasper ridge, california; Nitrogen cycle; Nitrogen immobilization, uptake, and partitioning; Plantmicrobe N interactions

Indexed keywords

POACEAE;

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; SOIL;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0030390418     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265749     Document Type: Article

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