Microbial decomposition at elevated CO2 levels: Effect of litter quality

Global Change Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 379-386

  Ball, Andrew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide enrichment; Climate change; Litter decomposition; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; LITTER QUALITY; SOIL RESPIRATION;

EID: 0031411498     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.1997.t01-1-00089.x     Document Type: Article

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