Soil CO2 efflux in an Afromontane forest of Ethiopia as driven by seasonality and tree species

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1090-1098

  Yohannes, Yonas ^a,b   Shibistova, Olga ^a,c   Abate, Asferachew ^a   Fetene, Masresha ^d   Guggenberger, Georg ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

^c SUKACHEV INSTITUTE OF FOREST   (Russian Federation)

^d ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Croton macrostachys; Ethiopia; Podocarpus falcatus; Prunus africana; Soil CO2 efflux; Soil moisture; Soil respiration; Soil temperature; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

CROTON MACROSTACHYS; ETHIOPIA; PODOCARPUS FALCATUS; PRUNUS AFRICANA; SOIL CO2 EFFLUX; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL FOREST;

DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE;

PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CANOPY; CARBON FLUX; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS TREE; GAUSSIAN METHOD; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MONTANE FOREST; OXYGEN; PHENOLOGY; RAINFALL; SEASONALITY; SHADE TOLERANCE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THRESHOLD; WATER CONTENT;

DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; ETHIOPIA; FORESTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PODOCARPUS FALCATUS; PRUNUS; RESPIRATION; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

ETHIOPIA;

AFROCARPUS FALCATUS; CROTON MACROSTACHYS; PRUNUS AFRICANA; PYGEUM;

EID: 79551522931     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.12.032     Document Type: Article

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