Small root exclusion collars provide reasonable estimates of root respiration when measured during the growing season of installation

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2112-2117

  Vogel, Jason G ^a,b   Valentine, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; MICROORGANISMS; PLASTIC PIPE; SOILS;

LARGE ROOT EXCLUSIONS (LRE); SMALL ROOT EXCLUSIONS (SMR); TRENCHES;

FORESTRY;

ESTIMATION METHOD; RESPIRATION; ROOT SYSTEM;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FORESTRY; RESPIRATION;

EID: 29844448867     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-117     Document Type: Conference Paper

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