Are there links between responses of soil microbes and ecosystem functioning to elevated CO2, N deposition and warming? A global perspective

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1590-1600

  García Palacios, Pablo ^a,b   Vandegehuchte, Martijn L ^b,c   Shaw, E Ashley ^b   Dam, Marie ^b,d   Post, Keith H ^b   Ramirez, Kelly S ^b,e   Sylvain, Zachary A ^b,f   de Tomasel, Cecilia Milano ^b   Wall, Diana H ^b  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^f LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Carbon cycling; Fungi; Global change; Meta analysis; Microorganisms; Nitrogen cycling; Plant biomass

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNGUS; GLOBAL CHANGE; META-ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; PLANT; SOIL MICROORGANISM; WARMING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; SOIL;

CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; META ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84924618802     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12788     Document Type: Article

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