Long-term CO2 production from deeply weathered soils of a tropical rain forest: Evidence for a potential positive feedback to climate warming

Global Change Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1878-1893

  Schewendenmann, Luitgard ^a   Veldkamp, Eldzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide production; Costa Rica; Gas diffusion; Interannual variation; La Selva; Soil CO2 concentration; Soil moisture; Soil respiration; Soil temperature; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL WARMING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

EID: 33748665426     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01235.x     Document Type: Article

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