Search for dissertations about: "Javier Segura"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Javier Segura.

2. 1. Microbial life in boreal soils : on the availability and fate of carbon substrates for microbial activity in boreal soils

   Author : Javier Segura; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
   Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : The large pool of carbon (C) stored as soil organic matter (SOM) in soils of high-latitude ecosystems contains more organic C than all global vegetation and the atmosphere combined. Global climate change is expected to have especially pronounced effects in these ecosystems, and even small changes in the accumulation and decomposition of their soil C pool driven by heterotrophic microbial activity could profoundly affect atmospheric CO₂ levels and thus the global climate. READ MORE