Temperature sensitivity of heterotrophic soil CO2 production increases with increasing carbon substrate uptake rate

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 45-52

  Erhagen, Björn ^a,b   Ilstedt, Ulrik ^a   Nilsson, Mats B ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Q10; Soil organic carbon; Substrate availability; Substrate uptake; Temperature sensitivity

Indexed keywords

Q10; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SUBSTRATE AVAILABILITIES; SUBSTRATE UPTAKE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

DECOMPOSITION;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FOREST SOIL; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLYMER; RESPIRATION; SAPROTROPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUBSTRATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84908374391     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.09.021     Document Type: Article

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