Landscape structure, groundwater dynamics, and soil water content influence soil respiration across riparian-hillslope transitions in the Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest, Montana

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 811-827

  Pacific, Vincent J ^a   McGlynn, Brian L ^a   Riveros Iregui, Diego A ^b   Welsch, Daniel L ^c   Epstein, Howard E ^d  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c Canaan Valley Institute   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

C:N ratios; CO2; Groundwater; Landscape; Riparian hillslope; Soil respiration; SWC; Topography

Indexed keywords

C:N RATIO; CO2; HILLSLOPES; LANDSCAPE; SOIL RESPIRATION; SWC;

DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER; MODAL ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER CONTENT;

SOIL POLLUTION;

GROUNDWATER; HILLSLOPE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PARAMETERIZATION; RIPARIAN ZONE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER CONTENT; WATER TABLE; WATERSHED;

MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951606604     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7870     Document Type: Article

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