Evaluating the effects of terrestrial ecosystems, climate and carbon dioxide on weathering over geological time: A global-scale process-based approach

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1588, 2012, Pages 565-582

  Taylor, Lyla L ^a   Banwart, Steve A ^a   Valdes, Paul J ^b   Leake, Jonathan R ^a   Beerling, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Long term carbon cycle; Modelling; Mycorrhizal fungi; Vegetation; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; FUNGUS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL CHANGE; MYCORRHIZA; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAFLOOR; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TIMESCALE;

FUNGI;

EID: 84855333687     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0251     Document Type: Article

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