A question of litter quality

Richard J. Norby () and M. Francesca Cotrufo ()
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Richard J. Norby: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
M. Francesca Cotrufo: Seconda Università di Napoli

Nature, 1998, vol. 396, issue 6706, 17-18

Abstract: One aspect of how terrestrial ecosystems will respond to rising levels of CO2in the atmosphere is potential changes in the decomposition rate of leaf litter - a central factor in plant growth. It had been thought that the decomposition rate would decline in high CO2conditions, but this long-established hypothesis was laid to rest at a meeting in September of plant physiologists, ecologists and soil scientists.

Date: 1998
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