Multiple mechanisms determine the effect of warming on plant litter decomposition in a dryland

Chuckran, Peter F.; Reibold, Robin; Throop, Heather L.; Reed, Sasha C.

doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107799

Title: Multiple mechanisms determine the effect of warming on plant litter decomposition in a dryland

Authors:: Chuckran, Peter F.; Reibold, Robin; Throop, Heather L.; Reed, Sasha C.

Publication Date:: Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2020

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1608374

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Soil Biology and Biochemistry Journal Volume: 145 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0038-0717

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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                    Chuckran, Peter F., Reibold, Robin, Throop, Heather L., and Reed, Sasha C. Multiple mechanisms determine the effect of warming on plant litter decomposition in a dryland.  United Kingdom: N. p., 2020. 
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                    Chuckran, Peter F., Reibold, Robin, Throop, Heather L., & Reed, Sasha C. Multiple mechanisms determine the effect of warming on plant litter decomposition in a dryland.  United Kingdom.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107799

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  title        = {Multiple mechanisms determine the effect of warming on plant litter decomposition in a dryland},

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Effects of biocrust on soil erosion and organic carbon losses under natural rainfall
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Soil moisture and soil-litter mixing effects on surface litter decomposition: A controlled environment assessment
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Diazotrophic Community Structure and Function in Two Successional Stages of Biological Soil Crusts from the Colorado Plateau and Chihuahuan Desert
journal, February 2004

Thermal abiotic emission of CO ₂ and CH ₄ from leaf litter and its significance in a photodegradation assessment
journal, May 2019

It is getting hotter in here: determining and projecting the impacts of global environmental change on drylands
journal, November 2012

Accelerated dryland expansion under climate change
journal, October 2015