Carbon mineralization rates at different soil depths across a network of European forest sites (FORCAST)

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1049-1062

  Rey, A ^a   Pegoraro, E ^a   Jarvis, P G ^b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOIL; LEAF AREA INDEX; MINERALIZATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL WATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 56649083301     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: 13652389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2008.01065.x     Document Type: Article

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