Effects of elevated temperature, elevated CO2 and fertilization on quality and subsequent decomposition of silver birch leaf litter

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2414-2421

  Huttunen, Liisa ^a   Aphalo, Pedro J ^b   Lehto, Tarja ^d   Niemelä, Pekka ^a   Kuokkanen, Kari ^c   Kellomäki, Seppo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c The Finnish 4 H Federation North Karelia ^*  (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Betula pendula; Climate change; Decomposition; Double negative exponential function; Litter quality

Indexed keywords

BETULA PENDULA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DECOMPOSING FRACTIONS; DOUBLE NEGATIVE EXPONENTIAL FUNCTION; ELEVATED CO; ELEVATED LEVEL; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; GROWING SEASON; INCUBATION PERIODS; LEAF LITTER; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; LITTER QUALITY; SILVER BIRCH;

DECOMPOSITION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWING SEASON; LEAF LITTER; SEEDLING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BETULA PENDULA;

EID: 70350786921     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.08.014     Document Type: Article

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