Plant litter chemistry and microbial priming regulate the accrual, composition and stability of soil carbon in invaded ecosystems

New Phytologist

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 110-124

  Tamura, Mioko ^a   Tharayil, Nishanth ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Global change; Humification; Microbial priming; Organic matter; Plant invasion; Plant soil feedback; Polygonum cuspidatum; Pueraria lobata; Selective preservation; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; GLOBAL CHANGE; HERB; HUMIFICATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEGUME; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PRESERVATION; SOIL CARBON;

POLYGONUM CUSPIDATUM; PUERARIA MONTANA VAR. LOBATA;

CARBON; SOIL;

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYGONUM CUSPIDATUM; PUERARIA; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MASSACHUSETTS; POLYGONUM CUSPIDATUM; PUERARIA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 84901597430     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12795     Document Type: Article

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