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The Impact of Elevated Atmospheric [CO2] on Soil C and N Dynamics: A Meta-Analysis

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Managed Ecosystems and CO2

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  1. Laboratory for Soil Science and Geology, Wageningen University, PO Box 37, 6700 AA, Wageningen, the Netherlands

    K. -J. van Groenigen & C. van Kessel

  2. Department of Plant Sciences, University of California-Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California, 95616, USA

    M. -A. de Graaff & J. Six

  3. Stable Isotope Facility, University of California-Davis, Davis, California, 95616, USA

    D. Harris

  4. Alterra, Soil Sciences Center, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    P. Kuikman

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  1. Institute of Plant Sciences, ETH, Universitätstrasse 2, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland

    Josef Nösberger

  2. Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, 379 Edward R. Madigan Laboratory 1201 W. Gregory, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA

    Stephen P. Long

  3. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Bldg. 1062, Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831-6422, USA

    Richard J. Norby

  4. Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg, 14476, Golm, Germany

    Mark Stitt

  5. Queens College, City University of New York, 65-30 Kissena Blvd, Flushing, NY, 11367, USA

    George R. Hendrey

  6. Institute of Plant Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), 8092, Zurich, Switzerland

    Herbert Blum

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van Groenigen, K.J., de Graaff, M.A., Six, J., Harris, D., Kuikman, P., van Kessel, C. (2006). The Impact of Elevated Atmospheric [CO2] on Soil C and N Dynamics: A Meta-Analysis. In: Nösberger, J., Long, S.P., Norby, R.J., Stitt, M., Hendrey, G.R., Blum, H. (eds) Managed Ecosystems and CO2 . Ecological Studies, vol 187. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31237-4_21

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