Short-term decomposition of litter produced by plants grown in ambient and elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations

Global Change Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-35

  Ball, Andrew S ^a,b   Drake, Bert G ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide enrichment; Climate change; Decomposition; Plant litter; Soil respiration; Tidal marsh ecosystem

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; DECOMPOSITION; LITTER; SEDGE;

EID: 0031431012     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.1997.00091.x     Document Type: Article

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