Six years of in situ CO2 enrichment evoke changes in soil structure and soil biota of nutrient-poor grassland

Global Change Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 585-600

  Niklaus, P A ^a   Alphei, J ^b   Ebersberger, D ^c   Kampichler, C ^d   Kandeler, E ^c   Tscherko, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Institute for Zoology and Anthropology   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon and nitrogen dynamics; Protozoa; Soil aggregates; Soil bacteria and fungi; Soil food web; Soil microfauna

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GRASSLAND; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL STRUCTURE;

SWITZERLAND;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELLULAR ORGANISMS; COLLEMBOLA; FUNGI; NEMATODA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037847539     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00614.x     Document Type: Article

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