Litter type and soil minerals control temperate forest soil carbon response to climate change

Global Change Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2064-2080

  Rasmussen, Craig ^a   Southard, Randal J ^b   Horwath, William R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Priming effect; Soil mineralogy; Soil organic carbon; Stable isotopes; Temperate forest ecosystems

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MINERALIZATION; MINERALOGY; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPERATE FOREST;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ABIES CONCOLOR; ABIES GRANDIS; ABIES MAGNIFICA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 48849090378     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01639.x     Document Type: Article

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