Complex terrain leads to bidirectional responses of soil respiration to inter-annual water availability

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 749-756

  Riveros Iregui, Diego A ^a   Mcglynn, Brian L ^b   Emanuel, Ryan E ^c   Epstein, Howard E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bi directional response; Climate change; Hydrology; Inter annual variability; Mountainous terrain

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOPHYSICS; CARBON BALANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPLEX TERRAIN; FOREST SOIL; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL WATER; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER AVAILABILITY;

EID: 84855857218     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02556.x     Document Type: Article

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