Effects of precipitation increase on soil respiration: A three-year field experiment in subtropical forests in China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Deng, Qi ^a,b   Hui, Dafeng ^c   Zhang, Deqiang ^a   Zhou, Guoyi ^a   Liu, Juxiu ^a   Liu, Shizhong ^a   Chu, Guowei ^a   Li, Jiong ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLING; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; PLANT ROOT; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANISM; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHINA; PLANT ROOTS; RAIN; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84864228527     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041493     Document Type: Article

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