Turnover of grassland roots in mountain ecosystems revealed by their radiocarbon signature: Role of temperature and management

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Leifeld, Jens ^a   Meyer, Stefanie ^b   Budge, Karen ^c   Sebastia, Maria Teresa ^d,e   Zimmermann, Michael ^f   Fuhrer, Juerg ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c Independent Researcher   (United Kingdom)

^d Forest Sciences Center of Catalonia (CTFC)   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; CARBON; SOIL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EUROPE; GRASSLAND; MOUNTAIN; ROOT TURNOVER; SOIL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; AGRICULTURE; ALTITUDE; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; POACEAE; SOIL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE;

AGRICULTURE; ALTITUDE; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CLIMATE CHANGE; EUROPE; GRASSLAND; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLANT ROOTS; POACEAE; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84928911125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119184     Document Type: Article

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