Similar response of labile and resistant soil organic matter pools to changes in temperature

Nature

Volumn 433, Issue 7021, 2005, Pages 57-59

  Fang, Changming ^a   Smith, Pete ^a   Moncrieff, John B ^b   Smith, Jo U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DECOMPOSITION; GLOBAL WARMING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BASAL DECOMPOSITION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER (SOM); TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS;

SOILS;

ORGANIC MATTER;

DECOMPOSITION; GLOBAL WARMING; INCUBATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INCUBATION TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON; CELL RESPIRATION; CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PICEA; POACEAE; SCOTLAND; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

EID: 11944267737     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03138     Document Type: Article

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