Litter decomposition in grasslands of Central North America (US Great Plains)

Global Change Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1356-1363

  Bontti, Eliana E ^a   Decant, Joseph P ^a   Munson, Seth M ^a   Gathany, Mark A ^a   Przeszlowska, Agnieszka ^a   Haddix, Michelle L ^a   Owens, Stephanie ^a   Burke, Ingrid C ^a   Parton, William J ^a   Harmon, Mark E ^b  

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

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Grasslands; Great Plains (USA); Litter decomposition; Litter quality; Precipitation; Root and leaf decomposition; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; GLOBAL WARMING; GRASSLAND; LITTER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL RESPIRATION;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64849114192     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01815.x     Document Type: Article

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