Predicting decadal trends and transient responses of radiocarbon storage and fluxes in a temperate forest soil

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3013-3028

  Sierra, C A ^a   Trumbore, S E ^a   Davidson, E A ^b   Frey, S D ^c   Savage, K E ^b   Hopkins, F M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; COMPLEXITY; DECADAL VARIATION; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOIL; GLOBAL CHANGE; LITTER; NITROGEN; RADIOCARBON DATING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATE FOREST;

HARVARD FOREST; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865158767     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-3013-2012     Document Type: Article

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