Global pattern of temperature sensitivity of soil heterotrophic respiration (Q10) and its implications for carbon-climate feedback

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Zhou, Tao ^c   Shi, Peijun ^c   Hui, Dafeng ^a   Luo, Yiqi ^b  

^a TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOME; CARBON BUDGET; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING; HETEROTROPHY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; RESPIRATION; SOIL RESPIRATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 70349260445     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JG000850     Document Type: Article

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