Experimental warming shows that decomposition temperature sensitivity increases with soil organic matter recalcitrance

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2384-2391

  Conant, Richard T ^a   Steinweg, J Megan ^a   Haddix, Michelle L ^a   Paul, Eldor A ^a   Plante, Alain F ^b   Six, Johan ^a,c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Soil organic matter; Temperature sensitivity

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLOBAL CHANGE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WARMING;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HEAT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL; TIME;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; HEAT; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 54549089037     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0137.1     Document Type: Article

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