GCTE-COST Workshop Litter Quality and Decomposition under elevated atmospheric CO2 Capri, Italy, 24-27 September 1998 Guest Editors: J. Canadell, R. Norby, F. Cotrufo and J. Nosberger Special edition in Plant and Soil, Vol. 224 (1) 2000 Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers ISSN 0032-079X

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The effects of elevated [CO2] on the C:N and C:P mass ratios of plant tissues
Roger M. Gifford, Damian J. Barrett, Jason L. Lutze

Nitrogen resorption in senescing tree leaves in a warmer, CO2-enriched atmosephere
Richard J. Norby, Tammy M. Long, Jennifer S. Hartz-Rubin, Elizabeth G. O‘Neill

Litter quality and decomposition in a CO2-enriched Mediterranean forest ecosystem
Paolo De Angelis, Kesari S. Chigwerewe, Giuseppe E. Scarascia Mugnozza

Due to symbiotic N2 fixation, five years of elevated atmospheric pCO2 had no effect on the N concentration of plant litter in fertile, mixed grassland
Ueli A. Hartwig , Andreas Lüscher, Markus Daepp , Herbert Blum , Jean-François Soussana , Josef Nösberger

Does elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations affect wood decomposition?
M. Francesca Cotrufo, Phil Ineson

Review of elevated atmospheric CO2 effects on agro-ecosystems: residue decomposition processes and soil C storage
H. A. Torbert, S. A. Prior, H. H. Rogers, C. W. Wood

Decomposition of leaf and root tissue of three perennial grass species grown at two levels of atmospheric CO2 and N supply
A. Gorissen, M.F. Cotrufo

Long-term effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on below-ground biomass and transformations to soil organic matter in grassland
J.D. Jastrow, R.M. Miller, C.E. Owensby

Effects of [CO2] and nitrogen fertilization on soils planted with ponderosa pine
D. W. Johnson, W. Cheng, J. T. Ball

Effects of CO2 and N fertilization on decomposition and N immobilization in ponderosa pine litter
D.W. Johnson, W. Cheng, J.T. Ball

Interactions between atmospheric CO₂ enrichment and soil fauna
Marie-Madeleine Coûteaux, Thomas Bolger

Effects of elevated [CO₂] on forest growth and carbon storage: a modelling analysis of the consequences of changes in litter quality/quantity and root exudation
Ross E. McMurtrie, Roderick C. Dewar, Belinda E. Medlyn, Mark P. Jeffreys

Dynamics of mineral N availability in grassland ecosystems under increased [CO₂]: hypotheses evaluated using the Hurley Pasture Model
John H. M. Thornley, Melvin G. R. Cannell