Grass invasion of a hardwood forest is associated with declines in belowground carbon pools

Global Change Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1338-1350

  Strickland, Michael S ^a   Devore, Jayna L ^a   Maerz, John C ^a   Bradford, Mark A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual grass; Carbon sequestration; Carbon sink; Exotic species; Japanese stiltgrass; Microstegium vimineum; Nepalese browntop; Preferential substrate utilization; Priming effects; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOIL; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; STABLE ISOTOPE;

MICROSTEGIUM VIMINEUM; POACEAE;

EID: 77950217829     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02042.x     Document Type: Article

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