Winter forest soil respiration controlled by climate and microbial community composition

Nature

Volumn 439, Issue 7077, 2006, Pages 711-714

  Monson, Russell K ^a   Lipson, David L ^b   Burns, Sean P ^a,c   Turnipseed, Andrew A ^c   Delany, Anthony C ^c   Williams, Mark W ^a   Schmidt, Steven K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOILS;

MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; SHALLOWER SNOWPACK; SOIL TEMPERATURES; WINTER FOREST SOIL RESPIRATION;

MICROORGANISMS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; SNOW;

CLIMATE EFFECT; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL RESPIRATION;

ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOIL; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL RESPIRATION; WINTER;

EID: 32544444625     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04555     Document Type: Article

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