Fire interacts with season to influence soil respiration in tropical savannas

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 53, Issue , 2012, Pages 90-98

  Richards, Anna E ^a   Dathe, Josefine ^b   Cook, Garry D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b University of Applied Science   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autotrophic respiration; Fire; Heterotrophic respiration; Northern Australia; Savanna; Soil moisture; Soil respiration; Soil temperature

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHIC RESPIRATION; HETEROTROPHIC RESPIRATION; NORTHERN AUSTRALIA; SAVANNA; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE; TROPICS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AUTOTROPHY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FIRE; FIRE HISTORY; HETEROTROPHY; HYSTERESIS; LEAF LITTER; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SAVANNA; SEASONALITY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL REGION; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84861982141     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.05.009     Document Type: Article

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