Soil carbon balance in a tropical grassland: Estimation of soil respiration and its partitioning using a semi-empirical model

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 158-159, Issue , 2012, Pages 71-79

  Caquet, B ^a,b   De Grandcourt, A ^a,b   Thongo M'bou, A ^a   Epron, D ^a,b,c,d   Kinana, A ^a   Saint Andre L ^b,e   Nouvellon, Y ^b,f  

^a CRDPI   (Congo)

^b UMR ECO SOLS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d LERFoB   (France)

^e Centre INRA de Nancy   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

APAR; LAI; Partitioning; Seasonal variation; Soil respiration; Tropical grassland

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GRASSLAND; PARTITIONING; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; REMOTE SENSING; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

CONGO;

EID: 84858131946     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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