Effects of three years of soil warming and shading on the rate of soil respiration: Substrate availability and not thermal acclimation mediates observed response

Global Change Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1761-1770

  Hartley, Iain P ^b   Heinemeyer, Andreas ^a   Ineson, Phil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acclimation; CO2; Heterotrophic respiration; Incubation; Microbial community; Positive feedback; Root biomass; Soil warming; Substrate availability; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; BIOMASS; HETEROTROPHY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SHADING; SIEVING; SOIL RESPIRATION; SUBSTRATE; WARMING;

EID: 34547752459     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01373.x     Document Type: Article

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