Contribution of red wood ant mounds to forest floor CO2 efflux in boreal coniferous forests

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2425-2433

  Domisch, T ^a   Finer L ^a   Ohashi, M ^a   Risch, A C ^b   Sundstrom L ^c   Niemela P ^d   Jurgensen, M F ^e  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^e MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal Norway spruce forest; Carbon dioxide; Forest floor; Formica rufa group; Modelling; Red wood ants; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

BOREAL NORWAY SPRUCE FOREST; FOREST FLOOR; FORMICA RUFA GROUP; RED WOOD ANTS;

BIODIVERSITY;

ABUNDANCE; AIR TEMPERATURE; ANT; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST FLOOR; HETEROGENEITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; PICEA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

FORMICA RUFA; FORMICIDAE; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 33746600602     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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