Fast labile carbon turnover obscures sensitivity of heterotrophic respiration from soil to temperature: A model analysis

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Gu, Lianhong ^a   Post, Wilfred M ^a   King, Anthony W ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Labile carbon; Soil carbon dynamics; Soil organic carbon; Soil respiration; Temperature sensitivity (Q10)

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CARBON; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

EID: 17744403828     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003gb002119     Document Type: Article

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