Seasonality of soil CO2 efflux in a temperate forest: Biophysical effects of snowpack and spring freeze-thaw cycles

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 177, Issue , 2013, Pages 83-92

  Wang, Chuankuan ^a   Han, Yi ^a   Chen, Jiquan ^b   Wang, Xingchang ^a   Zhang, Quanzhi ^a   Bond Lamberty, Ben ^c  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Model; Non growing season; Soil respiration; Winter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892846565     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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