Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Microbial Function in Soil: The Effect of Elevated CO2 Concentration

Sustaining Soil Productivity in Response to Global Climate Change: Science, Policy, and Ethics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 201-211

  Nannipieri, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atmospheric CO2; Enzyme activity; Microbial biomass; Microbial diversity; Mycorrhizae; Rhizodeposition; Soil C storage; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861870084     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470960257.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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