Effects of soil warming and nitrogen addition on soil respiration in a New Zealand tussock grassland

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Graham, Scott L ^a,b   Hunt, John E ^b   Millard, Peter ^b   McSeveny, Tony ^b   Tylianakis, Jason M ^a,c   Whitehead, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; CARBON DIOXIDE; SOIL; WATER;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHIC RESPIRATION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GRASSLAND; HETEROTROPHIC RESPIRATION; NEW ZEALAND; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL TREATMENT; SOIL WARMING; SOIL WATER CONTENT; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; MICROBIOLOGY; SEASON; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; GRASSLAND; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEW ZEALAND; NITROGEN; SEASONS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 84898000241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091204     Document Type: Article

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