Two independent estimations of stand-level root respiration on clonal Eucalyptus stands in Congo: Up scaling of direct measurements on roots versus the trenched-plot technique

New Phytologist

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 676-687

  Marsden, Claire ^a,b,d   Nouvellon, Yann ^a,b   M'Bou, Armel Thongo ^b   Saint Andre, Laurent ^a   Jourdan, Christophe ^a   Kinana, Antoine ^b   Epron, Daniel ^c  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b UR2PI ^*  (Congo)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Eucalyptus; Soil respiration; Stand level root respiration; Uncertainty analysis; Up scaling

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CLONE; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVERGREEN TREE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ROOT; SOIL RESPIRATION;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 38149017876     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02300.x     Document Type: Article

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