Investigating the long-term legacy of drought and warming on the soil microbial community across five European shrubland ecosystems

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3872-3884

  Rousk, Johannes ^a   Smith, Andrew R ^b,c   Jones, Davey L ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Decomposition; Ecosystem service; Global climate change; Mineralization; Soil C cycle; Temperature acclimation; Warming adaptation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERALIZATION; SHRUBLAND; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; WARMING;

EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ACETIC ACID; LEUCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EUROPE; FUNGUS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MINERALIZATION; SEASON; SOIL C CYCLE; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; WARMING ADAPTATION;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE; MINERALIZATION; SOIL C CYCLE; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATION; WARMING ADAPTATION;

ACETIC ACID; BACTERIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; FUNGI; HOT TEMPERATURE; LEUCINE; SEASONS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84887492973     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12338     Document Type: Article

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