Landscape-level variation in temperature sensitivity of soil organic carbon decomposition

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 373-375

  Craine, Joseph ^a   Spurr, Rebecca ^a   McLauchlan, Kendra ^a   Fierer, Noah ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Grassland; Microbial respiration; Soil organic carbon; Temperature sensitivity; Warming

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY OF DECOMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL SCALE; LABILE C; LANDSCAPE SCALE; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; NORTH AMERICAN; SCALE PREDICTION; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL PH; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ORGANIC CARBON; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; SOILS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DECOMPOSITION; GRASSLAND; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PH; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 71849096103     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.10.024     Document Type: Article

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