Root respiration in temperate mountain grasslands differing in land use

Global Change Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 995-1006

  Bahn, Michael ^a   Knapp, Margit ^a   Garajova, Zofia ^a   Pfahringer, Nadine ^a   Cernusca, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Autotroph; Clipping; Grassland; Heterotroph; Land use change; Microbial respiration; Nitrogen; Soil respiration; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; ROOT; SOIL RESPIRATION; TEMPERATE FOREST;

EID: 33646596963     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01144.x     Document Type: Article

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