Amplification and dampening of soil respiration by changes in temperature variability

Biogeosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 951-961

  Sierra, C A ^a,d   Harmon, M E ^a   Thomann, E ^a   Perakis, S S ^b   Loescher, H W ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ECOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY NETWORK   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DAMPING; DECOMPOSITION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 79955052776     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-951-2011     Document Type: Article

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