Does spatial distribution of tree size account for spatial variation in soil respiration in a tropical forest?

Plant and Soil

Volumn 347, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 293-303

  Bréchet, Laëtitia ^a   Ponton, Stéphane ^a,b,d   Alméras, Tancrède ^a,c   Bonal, Damien ^a,b,d   Epron, Daniel ^b,d  

^a Campus Agronomique   (France)

^b LERFoB   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Forest structure; Litterfall; Root mass; Soil respiration; Spatial variation; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; FOREST INVENTORY; LITTERFALL; RANGE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL RESPIRATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STAND DYNAMICS; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 80052771714     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0848-1     Document Type: Article

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