Litter- and ecosystem-driven decomposition under elevated CO2 and enhanced N deposition in a Sphagnum peatland

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 968-977

  Siegenthaler, Andy ^a,b   Buttler, Alexandre ^a,b,c   Bragazza, Luca ^a,b,d   Heijden, Edwin van der ^e   Grosvernier, Philippe ^f   Gobat, Jean Michel ^g   Mitchell, Edward A D ^a,b,g  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f Lineco   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon based secondary compounds; Elevated CO2; Enhanced N deposition; Eriophorum vaginatum; Global change; Litter quality and decomposition; Microbial activity; Peatlands; Polytrichum strictum; Sphagnum fallax

Indexed keywords

CARBON-BASED; ELEVATED CO; GLOBAL CHANGE; LITTER QUALITY; LITTER QUALITY AND DECOMPOSITION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; N DEPOSITION; PEAT LAND; SECONDARY COMPOUNDS;

FORESTRY; PHENOLS; WETLANDS;

DECOMPOSITION;

ACCUMULATION RATE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GLOBAL CHANGE; HERB; LIGNIN; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOSS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN COMPOUND; NUTRIENT LOSS; PEATLAND; STARCH;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DECAY; DEPOSITION; FOREST LITTER; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; PHENOLS; QUALITY; WETLANDS;

ERIOPHORUM; ERIOPHORUM VAGINATUM; POLYTRICHUM; POLYTRICHUM STRICTUM; SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM FALLAX;

EID: 77950691981     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.02.016     Document Type: Article

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