Experimental warming and burn severity alter soil CO2 flux and soil functional groups in a recently burned boreal forest

Global Change Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1996-2004

  Bergner, Belle ^a   Johnstone, Jill ^b,d   Treseder, Kathleen K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Carbon; Fungi; Microbe; Respiration; Root; Soil; Storage; Temperature; Warming

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST FIRE; GLOBAL WARMING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL CARBON; SOIL RESPIRATION;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PICEA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 10944241489     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2004.00868.x     Document Type: Article

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