Reductions in daily soil temperature variability increase soil microbial biomass C and decrease soil N availability in the Chihuahuan Desert: Potential implications for ecosystem C and N fluxes

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3564-3576

  Van Gestel, Natasja C ^a   Schwilk, Dylan W ^a   Tissue, David T ^a,b   Zak, John C ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chihuahuan Desert; Larrea tridentata (creosotebush); Plant physiology; Soil available N; Soil microbial biomass; Soil respiration; Soil temperature fluctuations

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; NITROGEN CYCLE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT;

LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 80054705688     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02479.x     Document Type: Article

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