A new approach to trenching experiments for measuring root-rhizosphere respiration in a lowland tropical forest

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 347-352

  Sayer, E J ^a,b   Tanner, E V J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Litter addition; Litter removal; Rhizosphere; Soil CO2 efflux; Soil respiration partitioning; Soil temperature; Soil water availability; Trenching experiments

Indexed keywords

LITTER ADDITION; RHIZOSPHERE SOILS; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER AVAILABILITY;

DROUGHT; EXPERIMENTS; FORESTRY; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE; TRENCHING; TROPICS; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

AUTOTROPHY; DRY SEASON; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPRESSION STRENGTH; DROUGHT; FOREST LITTER; FORESTRY; MOISTURE CONTENT; REMOVAL; RESPIRATION; RHIZOSPHERES; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TROPICS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 71849115339     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.11.014     Document Type: Article

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