Hierarchical responses of plant-soil interactions to climate change: Consequences for the global carbon cycle

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 334-343

  Bardgett, Richard D ^a   Manning, Pete ^b   Morriën, Elly ^c   De Vries, Franciska T ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Climate change; Decomposition; Decoupling plant soil interactions; Nutrient cycling; Plant soil (below ground) interactions; Range expansion; Soil organisms

Indexed keywords

BIOME; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; IMMIGRATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RANGE EXPANSION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84874197926     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12043     Document Type: Article

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