Roots exert a strong influence on the temperature sensitivity of soil respiration

Nature

Volumn 396, Issue 6711, 1998, Pages 570-572

  Boone, Richard D ^a   Nadelhoffer, Knute J ^b   Canary, Jana D ^a   Kaye, Jason P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROORGANISM; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0032506529     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/25119     Document Type: Article

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