Effect of wetting intensity on soil GHG fluxes and microbial biomass under a temperate forest floor during dry season

Geoderma

Volumn 170, Issue , 2012, Pages 118-126

  Xu, Xingkai ^a   Luo, Xianbao ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

GHG flux; Global warming potential; Microbial biomass; Pulse dynamics; Soil moisture; Wetting

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NATURE; DROUGHT PERIODS; DRY CONDITION; DRY FORESTS; DRY SEASONS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FOREST SOILS; GHG FLUX; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; HEAVY RAINFALL; IN-SITU; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NORTHEAST CHINA; PULSE DYNAMICS; SOIL CO; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS; TEMPERATE FORESTS; TEMPERATURE RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; UNDERLYING MECHANISM; UPTAKE RATE; WATER-FILLED PORE SPACE;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DROUGHT; FLOORS; FORESTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GASES; METHANE; RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE;

WETTING;

BIOMASS; DROUGHT; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST SOIL; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC CARBON; PORE SPACE; RAINFALL; SOIL AIR; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL MOISTURE; SUBSTRATE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATE FOREST; WETTING;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DROUGHT; FLOORS; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES; METHANE; MOISTURE; RAIN; SOIL; WETTING;

CHINA;

EID: 84155173459     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.11.016     Document Type: Article

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