Plant nutrient mobilization in temperate heathland responds to elevated CO2, temperature and drought

Plant and Soil

Volumn 328, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 381-396

  Andresen, Louise C ^a   Michelsen, Anders ^a   Jonasson, Sven ^a   Schmidt, Inger K ^a   Mikkelsen, Teis N ^b   Ambus, Per ^b   Beier, Claus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Calluna vulgaris; Climate change; Deschampsia flexuosa; Microbial biomass; Mineralization; Nitrification; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Warming

Indexed keywords

AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; AMMONIFICATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; DROUGHT; GROWTH RESPONSE; HEATHLAND; IMMOBILIZATION; INCUBATION; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; MOBILIZATION; MONOCOTYLEDON; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOPSOIL;

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; DESCHAMPSIA; DESCHAMPSIA FLEXUOSA;

EID: 77049120505     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-0118-7     Document Type: Article

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