Plants Mediate the Sensitivity of Soil Respiration to Rainfall Variability

Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 156-167

  Aanderud, Zachary T ^a,b   Schoolmaster Jr , Donald R ^a   Lennon, Jay T ^a,c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; CO2; heterotrophic respiration; microbial; precipitation; pulse; root respiration; sensors; time series

Indexed keywords

AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASSLAND SOIL; HETEROTROPHY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; TIME SERIES;

EID: 79551651119     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-010-9401-y     Document Type: Article

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