Temperature sensitivity of soil carbon decomposition and feedbacks to climate change

Nature

Volumn 440, Issue 7081, 2006, Pages 165-173

  Davidson, Eric A ^a   Janssens, Ivan A ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; PERMAFROST; SOILS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WETLANDS;

KINETIC PROPERTIES; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CARBON;

CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; SOIL CARBON; TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSENSUS; DECOMPOSITION; PEATLAND; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOIL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WARMING; WETLAND;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PLANTS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33644866828     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04514     Document Type: Review

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