Decadal warming causes a consistent and persistent shift from heterotrophic to autotrophic respiration in contrasting permafrost ecosystems

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 4508-4519

  Hicks Pries, Caitlin E ^a,b   Van Logtestijn, Richard S P ^c   Schuur, Edward A G ^b,e   Natali, Susan M ^b,f   Cornelissen, Johannes H C ^c   Aerts, Rien ^c   Dorrepaal, Ellen ^d  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autotrophic; Carbon; Climate change feedback; Ecosystem respiration; Heterotrophic; Permafrost thaw; Radiocarbon; Warming experiment

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; HETEROTROPHY; PEATLAND; PERMAFROST; SOIL CARBON; SOIL RESPIRATION; TUNDRA;

ABISKO; ALASKA; NORRBOTTEN; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

BRYOPHYTES;

SOIL;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; AUTOTROPHY; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HETEROTROPHY; PERMAFROST; SEASON; SOIL; SWEDEN; TUNDRA; WETLAND;

ALASKA; ARCTIC REGIONS; AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; PERMAFROST; SEASONS; SOIL; SWEDEN; TUNDRA; WETLANDS;

EID: 84947044847     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13032     Document Type: Article

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