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Climate fails to predict wood decomposition at regional scales

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  • Mark A. Bradford

    (School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, 370 Prospect Street New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA)

  • Robert J. Warren II

    (SUNY Buffalo State, 1300 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo, New York 14222, USA)

  • Petr Baldrian

    (Institute of Microbiology of the ASCR)

  • Thomas W. Crowther

    (School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, 370 Prospect Street New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA)

  • Daniel S. Maynard

    (School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, 370 Prospect Street New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA)

  • Emily E. Oldfield

    (School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, 370 Prospect Street New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA)

  • William R. Wieder

    (National Center for Atmospheric Research)

  • Stephen A. Wood

    (Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, 1200 Amsterdam Avenue New York, New York 10027, USA)

  • Joshua R. King

    (University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Boulevard Orlando, Florida 32816, USA)

Abstract

Climate is assumed to be the predominant control on the decomposition rates of organic matter in Earth-system models. Now, research investigating the sensitivity of this relationship to spatial scale reveals the important role of local-scale factors in controlling regional decomposition dynamics.

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  • Mark A. Bradford & Robert J. Warren II & Petr Baldrian & Thomas W. Crowther & Daniel S. Maynard & Emily E. Oldfield & William R. Wieder & Stephen A. Wood & Joshua R. King, 2014. "Climate fails to predict wood decomposition at regional scales," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 4(7), pages 625-630, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:4:y:2014:i:7:d:10.1038_nclimate2251
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2251
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