Controls on the distribution of productivity and organic resources in Antarctic Dry Valley soils

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1602, 2006, Pages 2687-2695

  Hopkins, D W ^a,g   Sparrow, A D ^b   Novis, P M ^c   Gregorich, E G ^d   Elberling, B ^e   Greenfield, L G ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^g SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Carbon; Decomposition; Dry Valleys; Respiration; Soil

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INVERTEBRATE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; ORGANIC CARBON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL MOISTURE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ANTARCTICA; BIODIVERSITY; DETRITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HETEROTROPHY; LAND BIOME; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

BRYOPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33750551766     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3595     Document Type: Review

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