Field measurements of soil respiration: Principles and constraints, potentials and limitations of different methods

Soil Carbon Dynamics: An Integrated Methodology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 16-33

  Pumpanen, Jukka ^a   Longdoz, Bernard ^b   Kutsch, Werner L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b LERFoB   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

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EID: 84928764044     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511711794.003     Document Type: Chapter

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