Soil respiration rates and δ13CCO2 in natural beech forest (Fagus sylvatica L.) in relation to stand structure

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 221-237

  Čater, Matjaž ^a   Ogrinc, Nives ^b  

^a SLOVENIAN FORESTRY INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Carbon 13; Carbonates; Forest soil; Isotope ecology; Respiration; Slovenia; Texture

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOIL; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL TYPE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STAND STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; BEECH; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FORESTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SLOVENIA; SOIL; TREE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FAGUS; FORESTRY; SLOVENIA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TREES;

POHORJE MOUNTAINS; SLOVENIA;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 79958139021     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: 14772639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256016.2011.578214     Document Type: Article

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