Plant genetic effects on soils under climate change

Plant and Soil

Volumn 379, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 1-19

  Fischer, D G ^a   Chapman, S K ^b   Classen, A T ^c   Gehring, C A ^d   Grady, K C ^d   Schweitzer, J A ^c   Whitham, T G ^d  

^a EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Climate change; Ecosystem genetics; Ecosystem processes; Genes to ecosystems; Nitrogen cycling

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GLOBAL CHANGE; MUTUALISM; PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 84899919251     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-013-1972-x     Document Type: Review

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