Impacts of extreme winter warming events on litter decomposition in a sub-Arctic heathland

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 611-617

  Bokhorst, S ^a   Bjerke, J W ^b   Melillo, J ^c   Callaghan, T V ^a,d   Phoenix, G K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^d ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arctic; Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii; Climate change; Decomposition; Extreme weather; Freeze thaw; Snow; V. myrtillus; Vaccinium vitis idaea; Winter warming event

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; BETULA PUBESCENS; BETULA PUBESCENS SSP. CZEREPANOVII; EXTREME WEATHER; FREEZE-THAW;

FORESTRY; LABORATORIES; LEACHING; LIGHTING; SNOW; SOILS; TEMPERATURE; THAWING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; EXTREME EVENT; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; HEATHLAND; LITTER; SHRUB; SNOW COVER; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SUBARCTIC REGION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WARMING;

BETULA PUBESCENS; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS; VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA;

EID: 76849093319     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.12.011     Document Type: Article

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