Climate change alters stoichiometry of phosphorus and nitrogen in a semiarid grassland

New Phytologist

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 807-815

  Dijkstra, Feike A ^a   Pendall, Elise ^b   Morgan, Jack A ^c   Blumenthal, Dana M ^c   Carrillo, Yolima ^a   Lecain, Daniel R ^c   Follett, Ronald F ^c   Williams, David G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elevated carbon dioxide; Grasslands; Homeostasis; N : P stoichiometry; Nutrient availability; PHACE; Soil moisture; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; WATER;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GRASSLAND; HOMEOSTASIS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; STOICHIOMETRY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; HEAT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; POACEAE; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; HOT TEMPERATURE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POACEAE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER; WYOMING;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 84867403099     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04349.x     Document Type: Article

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