Grass invasion effects on forest soil carbon depend on landscape-level land use patterns

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2265-2279

  Craig, Matthew E ^a   Pearson, Scott M ^b   Fraterrigo, Jennifer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MARS HILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Context dependency; Exoenzymes; Invasive plants; Leaf litter decomposition; Microbial nitrogen mining; Nitrogen availability; Priming; Soil carbon; Urban rural

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST SOIL; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE CHANGE; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

MICROSTEGIUM VIMINEUM;

CARBON; SOIL;

BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FOREST; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POACEAE; SOIL;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON; FORESTS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANT LEAVES; POACEAE; SOIL;

EID: 84939224899     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-1770.1     Document Type: Article

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