Precipitation regime shift enhanced the rain pulse effect on soil respiration in a semi-arid steppe

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Yan, Liming ^a,b   Chen, Shiping ^a   Xia, Jianyang ^c   Luo, Yiqi ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN; SOIL;

ARTICLE; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON CYCLE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GRASSLAND; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENT; SEASON; SOIL; TIME;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENT; RAIN; SEASONS; SOIL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84905647605     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104217     Document Type: Article

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