Nitrogen deposition and plant species interact to influence soil carbon stabilization

Ecology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1192-1198

  Dijkstra, Feike A ^a   Hobbie, Sarah E ^a   Knops, Johannes M H ^b   Reich, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Elevated CO2; Grassland species; Humification; Lignin; Nitrogen isotopes; Root litter; Soil carbon sequestration; Soil organic matter decomposition

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECOMPOSITION; DEPOSITION; HUMIFICATION; NITROGEN; SOIL CARBON;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 9944237899     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00679.x     Document Type: Article

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