Elevated CO2 increases microbial carbon substrate use and nitrogen cycling in Mojave Desert soils

Global Change Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 452-465

  Jin, V L ^a,b   Evans, R D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; CO2; Mojave Desert; N cycling; Soil microbes

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DESERT SOIL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SUBSTRATE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 33846906972     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01308.x     Document Type: Article

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