Soil warming accelerates decomposition of fine woody debris

Plant and Soil

Volumn 356, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 405-417

  Berbeco, Minda R ^a   Melillo, Jerry M ^b   Orians, Colin M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Decomposition; Lignin; Soil warming; Woody debris

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY MODELING; FORESTRY POLICY; GLOBAL WARMING; LIGNIN; SOIL TYPE; TEMPERATE FOREST; WOODY DEBRIS;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA LENTA; QUERCUS RUBRA; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 84862683706     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1130-x     Document Type: Article

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