International Journal of Ecology
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 209768, 10 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/209768
Research Article

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi May Mitigate the Influence of a Joint Rise of Temperature and Atmospheric CO2 on Soil Respiration in Grasslands

1Research Group of Plant and Vegetation Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
2Unité de Microbiologie, Université Catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 3, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Received 24 June 2009; Accepted 16 October 2009

Academic Editor: Johannes van Veen

Copyright © 2009 S. Vicca et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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