Litter quality and the temperature sensitivity of decomposition

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 320-326

  Fierer, Noah ^a,d   Craine, Joseph M ^b   Mclauchlan, Kendra ^c   Schimel, Joshua P ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Co2; Litter decomposition; Mineralization; Q10; Respiration; Soil carbon; Temperature

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SOIL CARBON; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 14844347488     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1254     Document Type: Article

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