Warming and nitrogen deposition lessen microbial residue contribution to soil carbon pool

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Liang, Chao ^a   Balser, Teri C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN;

CARBON CYCLE; DECOMPOSITION; GAS PRODUCTION; GLOBAL WARMING; GRASSLAND; GREENHOUSE GAS; NITROGEN; SOIL CARBON;

ARTICLE; CARBON STORAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRASSLAND; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NONHUMAN; UNITED STATES; WARMING;

AMINO ACIDS; CALIFORNIA; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; HOT TEMPERATURE; NITROGEN; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870826524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2224     Document Type: Article

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