Long- and short-term precipitation effects on soil CO 2 efflux and total belowground carbon allocation

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 156, Issue , 2012, Pages 54-64

  Ford, Chelcy R ^a   McGee, Jason ^b   Scandellari, Francesca ^b,c,d   Hobbie, Erik A ^c   Mitchell, Robert J ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon allocation; Climate change; Irrigation; Longleaf pine; Root demography; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; GRASS; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SAVANNA; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 84856051374     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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