Rainfall pulse primarily drives litterfall respiration and its contribution to soil respiration in a young exotic pine plantation in subtropical China

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 657-666

  Wang, Yidong ^a   Wang, Zhong Liang ^a   Wang, Huimin ^b   Guo, Changcheng ^a   Bao, Wankui ^c  

^a TIANJIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRHENIUS EQUATION; DRY SEASONS; HUMID CLIMATES; KEY PROCESS; LITTERFALLS; MINERAL SOILS; PINE PLANTATIONS; REMOVAL METHOD; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SUBTROPICAL CHINA; SUBTROPICAL REGIONS; WET SEASON;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; SOIL MOISTURE; TROPICS;

RAIN;

CONIFEROUS TREE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LITTERFALL; PLANTATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

FORESTRY; MOISTURE; RAIN; SOIL; TROPICS;

CHINA;

PINUS ELLIOTTII;

EID: 84859078319     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X2012-017     Document Type: Article

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