Genotypic trait variation modifies effects of climate warming and nitrogen deposition on litter mass loss and microbial respiration

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3780-3789

  Hines, Jes ^a,b,c,d   Reyes, Marta ^a   Mozder, Thomas J ^c,e   Gessner, Mark O ^a,b,f,g  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^c SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Rersearch   (Germany)

^e Universidad de Bryn Mawr   (United States)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Phragmites australis; Global change; Interactive global change effects; Intraspecific genotypic diversity; Litter decomposition

Indexed keywords

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

NITROGEN; SOIL;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POACEAE; SOIL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLANT LEAVES; POACEAE; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84911905576     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12704     Document Type: Article

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