Grazing increases the temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter decomposition in a temperate grassland

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Paz Ferreiro, Jorge ^a,b   Medina Roldán, Eduardo ^a   Ostle, Nick J ^c   McNamara, Niall P ^c   Bardgett, Richard D ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

grazing; nutrients

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859339534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/7/1/014027     Document Type: Article

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