Soil carbon cycling in a temperate forest: Radiocarbon-based estimates of residence times, sequestration rates and partitioning of fluxes

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-69

  Gaudinski, Julia B ^a   Trumbore, Susan E ^a   Davidson, Eric A ^b   Zheng, Shuhui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Dynamics; Isotope disequilibrium; Radiocarbon; Soil respiration; Temperate forests

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; ORGANIC MATTER; RESIDENCE TIME; SOIL CARBON; SOIL RESPIRATION; TEMPERATE FOREST; TURNOVER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033898494     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006301010014     Document Type: Article

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