Root respiration in North American forests: Effects of nitrogen concentration and temperature across biomes

Oecologia

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 559-568

  Burton, A J ^a   Pregitzer, K S ^a,b   Ruess, R W ^c   Hendrick, R L ^d   Allen, M F ^e  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross biome effects; Nitrogen; Q10; Root respiration; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOME; NITROGEN; RESPIRATION; ROOT; TEMPERATURE;

NORTH AMERICA;

GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0036936216     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-0931-7     Document Type: Article

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