Thresholds and interactive effects of soil moisture on the temperature response of soil respiration

European Journal of Soil Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 247-255

  Lellei Kovács, Eszter ^a   Kovács Láng, Edit ^a   Botta Dukát, Zoltán ^a   Kalapos, Tibor ^b   Emmett, Bridget ^c   Beier, Claus ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Drought; Empirical model; Soil carbon efflux; Threshold values

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960579852     PISSN: 11645563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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