Thawing permafrost increases old soil and autotrophic respiration in tundra: Partitioning ecosystem respiration using δ13C and {increment}14C

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 649-661

  Hicks Pries, Caitlin E ^a   Schuur, Edward A G ^a   Crummer, Kathryn G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

13C; Autotrophic respiration; Ecosystem respiration; Heterotrophic respiration; Partitioning; Permafrost thaw; Radiocarbon; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CHANGE; HETEROTROPHY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PARTITIONING; PERMAFROST; RESPIRATION; SEASONALITY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; THAWING; TUNDRA;

ARTICLE; BREATHING; ECOSYSTEM; FREEZING;

ECOSYSTEM; FREEZING; RESPIRATION;

EID: 84871931766     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12058     Document Type: Article

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