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Microbial community composition and function beneath temperate trees exposed to elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide and ozone

Informally Refereed

Abstract

We hypothesized that changes in plant growth resulting from atmospheric CO2 and O3 enrichment would alter the flow of C through soil food webs and that this effect would vary with tree species. To test this idea, we traced the course of C through the soil microbial community using soils from the free-air CO2 and O3 enrichment site in Rhinelander, Wisconsin.

Keywords

soil microorganisms, carbon-13-phospholipid fatty acid analysis, elevated carbon dioxide, elevated ozone, soil carbon cycling

Citation

Phillips, Rebecca L.; Zak, Donald R.; Holmes, William E.; White, David C. 2002. Microbial community composition and function beneath temperate trees exposed to elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide and ozone. Oecologia. 131: 236-244.
Citations
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/35021