Vegetation type determines heterotrophic respiration in subalpine Australian ecosystems

Global Change Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 209-219

  Jenkins, Meaghan ^a,b   Adams, Mark A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b BUSHFIRE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fire; Soil carbon; Soil respiration; Temperature sensitivity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FIRE; HETEROTROPHY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL RESPIRATION; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VEGETATION TYPE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 74049151618     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01954.x     Document Type: Article

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