Biological Soil Crust Microsites Are the Main Contributor to Soil Respiration in a Semiarid Ecosystem

Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 835-847

  Castillo Monroy, Andrea P ^a   Maestre, Fernando T ^a   Rey, Ana ^b   Soliveres, Santiago ^a,c   García Palacios, Pablo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

biological soil crusts; climate change; Q10; Retama sphaerocarpa; semiarid; soil respiration; Stipa tenacissima

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUX MEASUREMENT; HETEROGENEITY; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SOIL CRUST; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STEPPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND;

RETAMA SPHAEROCARPA; STIPA; STIPA TENACISSIMA;

EID: 80955177574     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-011-9449-3     Document Type: Article

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