The response of root and microbial respiration to the experimental warming of a boreal black spruce forest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 986-993

  Vogel, Jason G ^a,c   Bronson, Dustin ^b,d   Gower, Stith T ^b   Schuur, Edward A G ^a  

^a Department of Biology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Black spruce; Boreal; Root respiration; Soil carbon; Warming

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FORESTRY;

BLACK SPRUCE; BOREAL; ROOT RESPIRATION; SOIL CARBON; WARMING;

SOILS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ROOT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CARBON; FORESTRY; PICEA MARIANA; RESPIRATION; SOIL;

CANADA; MANITOBA;

EID: 84904964549     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2014-0056     Document Type: Article

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