A meta-analysis of the response of soil respiration, net nitrogen mineralization, and aboveground plant growth to experimental ecosystem warming

Oecologia

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 543-562

  Rustad, L E ^a   Campbell, J L ^a   Marion, G M ^b   Norby, R J ^c   Mitchell, M J ^d   Hartley, A E ^e   Cornelissen, J H C ^f   Gurevitch, J ^g   Alward, Richard ^h   Beier, Claus ^h   Burke, Indy ^h   Canadell, Josep ^h   Callaghan, Terry ^h   Christensen, Torben R ^h   Fahnestock, Jace ^h   Fernandez, Ivan ^h   Harte, John ^h   Hollister, Robert ^h   John, Hom ^h   Ineson, Phil ^h   Johnson, Mark G ^h   Jonasson, Sven ^h   John, Lee ^h   Linder, Sune ^h   Lukewille, Anna ^h   Masters, Greg ^h   Melillo, Jerry ^h   Mickelsen, Anders ^h   Neill, Chris ^h   Olszyk, David M ^h   Press, Malcolm ^h   Pregitzer, Kurt ^h   Robinson, Clare ^h   Rygiewiez, Paul T ^h   Sala, Osvaldo ^h   Schmidt, Inger K ^h   Shaver, Gus ^h   Thompson, Ken ^h   Tingey, David T ^h   Verburg, Paul ^h   Wall, Diana ^h   Welker, Jeff ^h   Wright, Richard ^h   more..

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^g STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Global warming; Meta analysis; Nitrogen mineralization; Plant productivity; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; META-ANALYSIS; MINERALIZATION; SOIL RESPIRATION;

EID: 17744363063     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000544     Document Type: Article

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