Recurrent soil freeze-thaw cycles enhance grassland productivity

New Phytologist

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 938-945

  Kreyling, Juergen ^a,b   Beierkuhnlein, Carl ^b   Pritsch, Karin ^c   Schloter, Michael ^c   Jentsch, Anke ^a,b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Above ground net primary productivity (ANPP); Central Europe; Climate change; EVENT experiment; Freeze thaw cycles; Root length; Soil enzymatic activity

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; GLOBAL WARMING; GRASSLAND; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; PLANT COMMUNITY; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SOIL ECOSYSTEM;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FREEZING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; POACEAE; REPRODUCTION; SOIL; TIME;

ECOSYSTEM; FREEZING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; POACEAE; REPRODUCTION; SOIL; TIME FACTORS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 38949159164     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02309.x     Document Type: Article

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