Global negative vegetation feedback to climate warming responses of leaf litter decomposition rates in cold biomes

H. C. Cornelissen, Johannes; M. van Bodegom, Peter; Aerts, Rien; V. Callaghan, Terry; S. P. van Logtestijn, Richard; M. Alatalo, Juha; Stuart Chapin, F.; Gerdol, Renato; Guðmundsson, Jón; Gwynn‐Jones, Dylan; E. Hartley, Anne; S. Hik, David; Hofgaard, Annika; S. Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg; Staffan Karlsson, P.; A. Klein, Julia; Laundre, Jim; Magnússon, Borgþór; Michelsen, Anders; Molau, Ulf; Г. Онипченко, В.; M. Quested, Helen; M. Sandvik, Sylvi; Kappel Schmidt, Inger; Shaver, Gus; Solheim, Bjørn; A. Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda; Stenström, Anna; Tolvanen, Anne; Totland, Ørjan; Wada, Naoya; M. Welker, J.; Zhao, Xinquan; Team, M.O.L.

doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01051.x

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Global negative vegetation feedback to climate warming responses of leaf litter decomposition rates in cold biomes

Published in Ecology Letters • May 14, 2007

Authors:

Johannes H. C. Cornelissen

Peter M. van Bodegom

Rien Aerts

Abstract

Whether climate change will turn cold biomes from large long-term carbon sinks into sources is hotly debated because of the great potential for ecosystem-mediated feedbacks to global climate. Critical are the direction, magnitude and generality of climate responses of plant litter decomposition. Her...

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Biome

Global warming

Environmental science

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