Impacts of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide on model terrestrial ecosystems

Science

Volumn 280, Issue 5362, 1998, Pages 441-443

  Jones, T H ^a   Thompson, L J ^a   Lawton, J H ^a   Bezemer, T M ^a   Bardgett, R D ^b   Blackburn, T M ^a   Bruce, K D ^c   Cannon, P F ^d   Hall, G S ^e   Hartley, S E ^f   Howson, G ^f   Jones, C G ^g   Kampichler, C ^h,j   Kandeler, E ⁱ   Ritchie, D A ^c  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d CABI   (United Kingdom)

^e Forge Cottage   (United Kingdom)

^f CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^g CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

ⁱ FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

^j INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLULOSE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL CHANGE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; SOIL; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL;

ARTHROPODA; COLLEMBOLA; FUNGI;

EID: 0032540394     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.280.5362.441     Document Type: Article

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68. Experiments were partially funded by the NERC TIGER Initiative (GST/02/646), the British Council (VIE/891/11), and the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ICBP-11/95). Various colleagues, too numerous to list, have contributed to the experiment. In particular, we thank G. Couper, R. Greenwood, C. Jerram, K. Knight, J. Newington, K. Sanbrooke, P. Small, and D. Wildman for their support and enthusiasm. We thank F. Bazzaz, C. Godfray, and P. Groffman for commenting on earlier versions of the manuscript.