Soil warming, carbon–nitrogen interactions, and forest carbon budgets

M. Melillo, Jerry; Butler, Sarah; E. Johnson, Jennifer; E. Mohan, Jacqueline; A. Steudler, Paul; Lux, Heidi; H. Burrows, Elizabeth; P. Bowles, Francis; Marie Smith, Rose; Scott, Lindsay; Vario, C.; D. Hill, Troy; J. Burton, Andrew; Zhou, Yumei; Tang, Jim

doi:10.1073/pnas.1018189108

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Soil warming, carbon–nitrogen interactions, and forest carbon budgets

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences • May 23, 2011

Authors:

Jerry M. Melillo

Sarah Butler

Jennifer E. Johnson

Abstract

Soil warming has the potential to alter both soil and plant processes that affect carbon storage in forest ecosystems. We have quantified these effects in a large, long-term (7-y) soil-warming study in a deciduous forest in New England. Soil warming has resulted in carbon losses from the soil and st...

Subject

Environmental science

Soil carbon

Global warming

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