Variable temperature sensitivity of soil organic carbon in North American forests

Global Change Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2295-2310

  Fissore, Cinzia ^a,e   Giardina, Christian P ^b   Swanston, Christopher W ^c   King, Gary M ^d   Kolka, Randall K ^c  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon quality; Q10; Radiocarbon; SOC decomposition; SOC fractionation; Stable C; Temperate forests

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROLYSIS; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CARBON; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPERATE FOREST; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 68649091476     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01903.x     Document Type: Article

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