Seasonal and episodic moisture controls on plant and microbial contributions to soil respiration

Oecologia

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 265-278

  Carbone, Mariah S ^a,b   Still, Christopher J ^a   Ambrose, Anthony R ^c   Dawson, Todd E ^c   Williams, A Park ^a   Boot, Claudia M ^a   Schaeffer, Sean M ^a   Schimel, Joshua P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterotrophic; Mediterranean climate; Precipitation pulses; Radiocarbon; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON; RAIN;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DROUGHT; EPISODIC EVENT; FOG; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HETEROTROPHY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT;

ARTICLE; CELL RESPIRATION; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SEASON; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CELL RESPIRATION; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT ROOTS; RAIN; SEASONS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 80051672888     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-1975-3     Document Type: Article

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