Montane forest root growth and soil organic layer depth as potential factors stabilizing Cenozoic global change

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 983-990

  Doughty, Christopher E ^a   Taylor, Lyla L ^b   Girardin, Cecile A J ^a   Malhi, Yadvinder ^a   Beerling, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elevation transect; Montane forests; NPP; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FEEDBACK; FORESTRY; SOILS; TECTONICS; WEATHERING;

ALTITUDINAL TRANSECT; BIOLOGICAL WEATHERING; ELEVATION TRANSECT; GLOBAL TEMPERATURES; MONTANE ECOSYSTEMS; MONTANE FORESTS; NPP; VOLCANIC DEGASSING;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CENOZOIC; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWTH; MONTANE FOREST; ROOT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UPLIFT; WEATHERING;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DRAWINGS; FORESTS; SOIL; WEATHERING;

EID: 84896784193     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058737     Document Type: Article

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