High-frequency analysis of the complex linkage between soil CO 2 fluxes, photosynthesis and environmental variables

Tree Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-64

  Martin, Jonathan G ^a   Phillips, Claire L ^b   Schmidt, Andres ^a   Irvine, James ^c   Law, Beverly E ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Yellowstone Ecological Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

belowground carbon allocation; gross ecosystem productivity; photosynthesis; soil CO 2 efflux; soil respiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GROWING SEASON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL DEPTH; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL TYPE; SOIL WATER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STAND STRUCTURE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PONDEROSA PINE; SEASON; SOIL; TIME;

AEROBIOSIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PINUS PONDEROSA; SEASONS; SOIL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863031617     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpr134     Document Type: Article

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