Soil respiration response to climate change in Pacific Northwest prairies is mediated by a regional Mediterranean climate gradient

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 487-500

  Reynolds, Lorien L ^a   Johnson, Bart R ^a   Pfeifer Meister, Laurel ^a   Bridgham, Scott D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Moisture limitation; Prairies; Regional climate gradient; Soil respiration; Warming

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; WATER;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHY; GRASSLAND; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; PLANT; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHY; GRASSLAND; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; PLANTS; SEASONS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 84916910656     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12732     Document Type: Article

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