Vegetation composition promotes carbon and nitrogen storage in model grassland communities of contrasting soil fertility

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 864-875

  De Deyn, Gerlinde B ^a,c   Quirk, Helen ^a   Yi, Zou ^a   Oakley, Simon ^b   Ostle, Nick J ^b   Bardgett, Richard D ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem functioning; Functional groups; Grassland; Legume; Nitrogen fixer; Soil C sequestration; Soil N loss

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASSLAND; LEGUME; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; VEGETATION;

LOTUS CORNICULATUS; POACEAE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 68849086442     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01536.x     Document Type: Article

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