Annual variation of temperature sensitivity of soil organic carbon decomposition in North peatlands: Implications for thermal responses of carbon cycling to global warming

Environmental Geology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 499-508

  Xiang, Wu ^a,b   Freeman, Chris ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Peatlands; Soil organic carbon; Temperature sensitivity

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS; CARBON CYCLING; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; NORTH WALES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; NOVEL METHODS; PEAT LAND; PEATLANDS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER CONTENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL RESPONSE;

ATMOSPHERICS; DISSOLUTION; GLOBAL WARMING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOANALYSIS; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT; WETLANDS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON CYCLE; GLOBAL WARMING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PEATLAND; PHENOLOGY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH WALES; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70350680925     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1523-6     Document Type: Article

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