The influence of chemistry, production and community composition on leaf litter decomposition under elevated atmospheric CO2 and tropospheric O3 in a northern hardwood ecosystem

Ecosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 401-416

  Liu, Lingli ^a,d   King, John S ^a   Giardina, Christian P ^b   Booker, Fitzgerald L ^c,d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Condensed tannins; FACE; Global change; Lignin; Litter productivity; Mean residence time; Plant community composition; Soil carbon storage; Soluble phenolics

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECOMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; GLOBAL CHANGE; INCUBATION; LEAF LITTER; LIGNIN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OZONE; TANNIN;

BETULA PAPYRIFERA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 63149115221     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-009-9231-y     Document Type: Article

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