Vegetation exerts a greater control on litter decomposition than climate warming in peatlands

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 113-123

  Ward, Susan E ^a,c   Orwin, Kate H ^a,b   Ostle, Nicholas J ^a,c   Briones, Maria J I ^c,d   Thomson, Bruce C ^c   Griffiths, Robert I ^c   Oakley, Simon ^c   Quirk, Helen ^a   Bardgett, Richard D ^a,e  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belowground communities; Enchytraeids; Litter decomposition; Moor House National Nature Reserve, northern England; Open top chambers; Peatland; Plant removal; Plant climate interactions; Soil invertebrates; Soil microbes; Vegetation composition; Warming

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECOMPOSITION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GLOBAL WARMING; LITTER; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PEATLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL MICROORGANISM; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

BRYOPHYTES; CALLUNA VULGARIS; ENCHYTRAEIDAE; ERIOPHORUM VAGINATUM; HYPNUM JUTLANDICUM; INVERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; CALLUNA; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; NITROGEN CYCLE; OLIGOCHAETA; UNITED KINGDOM; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; CALLUNA; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENGLAND; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; NITROGEN CYCLE; OLIGOCHAETA; WETLANDS;

EID: 84928889063     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-0292.1     Document Type: Article

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