Belowground interactive effects of elevated CO2, plant diversity and earthworms in grassland microcosms

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 600-608

  Milcu, Alexandru ^a   Paul, Sarah ^a   Lukac, Martin ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Above belowground interactions; Climate change; Lumbricus terrestris; Soil N; Species richness; Water availability

Indexed keywords

LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 81555204410     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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