Elevated carbon dioxide and litter decomposition in California annual grasslands: Which mechanisms matter?

Ecosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 171-183

  Dukes, Jeffrey S ^a,c   Hungate, Bruce A ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation; Elevated CO2; Litter decomposition; Litter position; Litter quality; Plant litter; Serpentine grassland; Soil microbiota; Soil moisture; Species composition

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; DECOMPOSITION; GRASSLAND; LITTER;

UNITED STATES;

MICROBIOTA;

EID: 0036523462     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-001-0063-7     Document Type: Article

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