Climate dependence of heterotrophic soil respiration from a soil-translocation experiment along a 3000 m tropical forest altitudinal gradient

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 895-906

  Zimmermann, M ^a   Meir, P ^a   Bird, M I ^b   Malhi, Y ^c   Ccahuana, A J Q ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON CYCLE; GLOBAL WARMING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION; TEMPORAL PERIOD; TRANSLOCATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

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EID: 73149093189     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: 13652389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2009.01175.x     Document Type: Article

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