Soil respiration in a northeastern US temperate forest: A 22-year synthesis

Ecosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Giasson, M A ^a   Ellison, A M ^b   Bowden, R D ^c   Crill, P M ^d   Davidson, E A ^e   Drake, J E ^a,k   Frey, S D ^f   Hadley, J L ^b   Lavine, M ^g   Melillo, J M ^h   Munger, J W ⁱ   Nadelhoffer, K J ^j   Nicoll, L ^b   Ollinger, S V ^f   Savage, K E ^e   Steudler, P A ^h   Tang, J ^h   Varner, R K ^f   Wofsy, S C ⁱ   Foster, D R ^b   Finzi, A C ^a   more..

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^h MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^k WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

more..

Author keywords

Ecosystem respiration; Eddy covariance; Flux partitioning; Harvard Forest; Phenology; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901048009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES13.00183.1     Document Type: Article

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