Precipitation pulse size effects on Sonoran Desert soil microbial crusts

Oecologia

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 317-324

  Cable, Jessica M ^a   Huxman, Travis E ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas exchange; Isotope analysis; Keeling plot; Soil CO2 flux; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; RAIN;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS EXCHANGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RAINFALL; SOIL CRUST; SOIL RESPIRATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARIZONA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOTS; RAIN; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

NORTH AMERICA; SONORAN DESERT;

EID: 6044249158     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1461-7     Document Type: Article

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