A global perspective on belowground carbon dynamics under nitrogen enrichment

Ecology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 819-828

  Liu, Lingli ^a   Greaver, Tara L ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Climate change; DOC; Ecosystem C balance; Fine root; Litter; Microbial activity; Mineral soil; Organic soil; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; SOIL;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA PROCESSING; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FINE ROOT; INHIBITION; LEACHING; LITTER; META-ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; ORGANIC SOIL; RESPIRATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL RESPIRATION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL;

BIOMASS; CARBON; NITROGEN; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 77954636789     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01482.x     Document Type: Article

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