Long-term sensitivity of soil carbon turnover to warming

Nature

Volumn 433, Issue 7023, 2005, Pages 298-301

  Knorr, W ^a   Prentice, I C ^a,b   House, J I ^a,b   Holland, E A ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GAS EMISSIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS;

LONG-TERM SENSITIVITY; SOIL CARBON EMISSIONS; SOIL CARBON TURNOVER; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON (SOC);

GLOBAL WARMING;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DECOMPOSITION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EMISSION; WARMING;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLIMATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DECOMPOSITION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WARMING;

ATMOSPHERE; BRAZIL; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

EID: 12744268399     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03226     Document Type: Article

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