Climate change interactions affect soil carbon dioxide efflux and microbial functioning in a post-harvest forest

Oecologia

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1437-1448

  McDaniel, M D ^a   Kaye, J P ^b   Kaye, M W ^b   Bruns, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon substrates; Climate change; Disturbance; Forest harvest; Home field advantage; Microbial community; Precipitation; Soil respiration; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOREST SOIL; FUNGUS; HARVESTING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL CARBON; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WARMING;

UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TREE; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; PENNSYLVANIA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TREES;

EID: 84896320103     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2845-y     Document Type: Article

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