Soil warming and carbon-cycle feedbacks to the climate system

Science

Volumn 298, Issue 5601, 2002, Pages 2173-2176

  Melillo, J M ^a   Steudler, P A ^a   Aber, J D ^b   Newkirk, K ^a   Lux, H ^a   Bowles, F P ^c   Catricala, C ^a   Magill, A ^b   Ahrens, T ^a   Morrisseau, S ^a  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c Research Designs   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; NITROGEN;

SOIL WARMING;

SOILS;

CARBON; NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE MODELING; NITROGEN CYCLE; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOREST; NITROGEN CYCLE; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL CHANGE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; WARMING;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILIZERS; MASSACHUSETTS; NITROGEN; PLANTS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TREES;

EID: 18744408114     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1074153     Document Type: Article

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