The microfood web of grassland soils responds to a moderate increase in atmospheric CO2

Global Change Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1148-1155

  Sonnemann, Ilja ^a   Wolters, Volkmar ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elevated CO2; FACE; Grassland; Nematodes; Seminatural ecosystem; Soil biota

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD WEB; GRASSLAND SOIL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NEMATODE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; NEMATODA;

EID: 27744561557     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.00972.x     Document Type: Article

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