Climate change affects carbon allocation to the soil in shrublands

Ecosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 650-661

  Gorissen, Antonie ^a   Tietema, Albert ^b   Joosten, Nina N ^a   Estiarte, Marc ^c   Peñuelas, Josep ^c   Sowerby, Alwyn ^a   Emmett, Bridget A ^d   Beier, Claus ^e  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

14C pulse labeling; Calluna vulgaris; Drought; Erica multiflora; Increased temperature; Soil microbial biomass

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; SHRUBLAND; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; WARMING;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; ERICA;

EID: 4744373634     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-004-0218-4     Document Type: Article

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