High arctic heath soil respiration and biogeochemical dynamics during summer and autumn freeze-in - effects of long-term enhanced water and nutrient supply

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3224-3236

  Christiansen, Casper T ^a   Svendsen, Sarah H ^a   Schmidt, Niels M ^b   Michelsen, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Carbon pools; CO 2 emission; Freeze thaw; Gas flux; Global change; Greenland; Microbial activity; Nutrient availability; Soil respiration; Tundra

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; AUTUMN; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; GLOBAL CHANGE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION; SUMMER; TUNDRA; WATER SUPPLY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; ZACKENBERG;

EID: 84865863005     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02770.x     Document Type: Article

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