Temperature and vegetation effects on soil organic carbon quality along a forested mean annual temperature gradient in North America

Global Change Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 193-205

  Fissore, Cinzia ^a,g   Giardina, Christian P ^b   Kolka, Randall K ^c   Trettin, Carl C ^c   King, Gary M ^d   Jurgensen, Martin F ^a   Barton, Christopher D ^e   Mcdowell, S Douglas ^f  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^f Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Global warming; Labile SOC; Mean annual temperature; Q10; Stable SOC; Temperate forests; Tree species composition

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GLOBAL WARMING; ION EXCHANGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MINERALOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; PH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VEGETATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 36849038474     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01478.x     Document Type: Article

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