Increased temperature and precipitation interact to affect root production, mortality, and turnover in a temperate steppe: Implications for ecosystem C cycling

Global Change Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1306-1316

  Bai, Wenming ^a   Wan, Shiqiang ^a   Niu, Shuli ^a   Liu, Weixing ^a   Chen, Quansheng ^a   Wang, Qibing ^a   Zhang, Wenhao ^a   Han, Xingguo ^a   Li, Linghao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Precipitation; Root mortality; Root production; Root turnover; Temperate grassland; Warming

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FINE ROOT; GLOBAL WARMING; GRASSLAND; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL RESPIRATION; STEPPE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TURNOVER;

CHINA;

EID: 77950201744     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02019.x     Document Type: Article

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