Disentangling drought-induced variation in ecosystem and soil respiration using stable carbon isotopes

Oecologia

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1043-1057

  Unger, Stephan ^a   Máguas, Cristina ^b   Pereira, João S ^c   Aires, Luis M ^d   David, Teresa S ^e   Werner, Christiane ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^d POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

^e Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biologicos   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Drought; Ecosystem respired carbon dioxide stable isotopic composition; Keeling plots; Mediterranean ecosystem; Respired carbon dioxide

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; SOIL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON ISOTOPE; DIURNAL VARIATION; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVERGREEN TREE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MASS BALANCE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL RESPIRATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CELL RESPIRATION; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OAK; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PORTUGAL; SOIL; WEATHER; ANALYSIS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CELL RESPIRATION; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PORTUGAL; QUERCUS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WEATHER;

GEORGIA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SAVANNAH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954534965     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1576-6     Document Type: Article

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