Mycorrhiza-mediated competition between plants and decomposers drives soil carbon storage

Nature

Volumn 505, Issue 7484, 2014, Pages 543-545

  Averill, Colin ^a   Turner, Benjamin L ^b   Finzi, Adrien C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLAY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DECOMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MYCORRHIZA; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON STORAGE; COLD CLIMATE; DECOMPOSER; LAND BIOME; MYCORRHIZA; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST; TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; BIOTA; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM; MYCORRHIZAE; NITROGEN; PLANTS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI;

EID: 84892792483     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12901     Document Type: Article

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