Minimizing artifacts and biases in chamber-based measurements of soil respiration

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 113, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 21-37

  Davidson, E A ^a   Savage, K ^a   Verchot, L V ^b   Navarro, Rosa ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Carbon dioxide; CO2; Forest ecosystems; Infrared gas analyzers; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL RESPIRATION;

EID: 0037010658     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(02)00100-4     Document Type: Article

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