CO2 efflux from a red wood ant mound in a boreal forest

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 131-136

  Ohashi, Mizue ^a   Finér, Leena ^a   Domisch, Timo ^a   Risch, Anita C ^b   Jurgensen, Martin F ^c  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant respiration; Boreal forest; Carbon dioxide; Closed chamber method; Norway spruce; Soil C balance

Indexed keywords

ANT; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON DIOXIDE; NEST;

FORMICA RUFA; FORMICIDAE; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 20444401599     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2005.03.002     Document Type: Article

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