Temperature sensitivity of forest soil organic matter decomposition along two elevation gradients

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Schindlbacher, Andreas ^a   De Gonzalo, Carlos ^b   Díaz Pinés, Eugenio ^b   Gíorra, Pilar ^b   Matthews, Bradley ^a   Inclán, Rosa ^c   Zechmeister Boltenstern, Sophie ^a   Rubio, Agustán ^b   Jandl, Robert ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; DECOMPOSITION; ELEVATION; FOREST SOIL; GLOBAL WARMING; MONTANE FOREST; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PASTURE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AUSTRIA; SPAIN;

EID: 77956075383     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JG001191     Document Type: Article

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