Components, drivers and temporal dynamics of ecosystem respiration in a Mediterranean pine forest

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 88, Issue , 2015, Pages 224-235

  Matteucci, Marco ^a   Gruening, Carsten ^b   Goded Ballarin, Ignacio ^b   Seufert, Guenther ^b   Cescatti, Alessandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Birch effect; Girdling; Mediterranean forest; Partitioning; Soil respiration; Water pulse

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS;

BIRCH EFFECT; GIRDLING; MEDITERRANEAN FOREST; PARTITIONING; SOIL RESPIRATION; WATER PULSE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE EFFECT; DICOTYLEDON; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GROWING SEASON; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL CARBON; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

BETULA; FORESTS; GIRDLING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION;

ITALY;

PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 84935023508     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.05.017     Document Type: Article

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