Winter climate change effects on soil C and N cycles in urban grasslands

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2826-2837

  Durán, Jorge ^a   Rodríguez, Alexandra ^a   Morse, Jennifer L ^a   Groffman, Peter M ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Carbon dioxide; Global change; Methane; Nitrogen; Nitrous oxide; Nutrient cycling; Trace gases; Urban lawns

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRASSLAND; METHANE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROUS OXIDE; TRACE GAS; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; WINTER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL CHANGE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; POACEAE; SEASON; SOIL; TRACE GASES; URBAN LAWNS; URBANIZATION;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL CHANGE; METHANE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; TRACE GASES; URBAN LAWNS;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; POACEAE; SEASONS; SOIL; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84881548867     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12238     Document Type: Article

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