Are variations in heterotrophic soil respiration related to changes in substrate availability and microbial biomass carbon in the subtropical forests?

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wei, Hui ^a   Chen, Xiaomei ^b   Xiao, Guoliang ^a,e   Guenet, Bertrand ^c   Vicca, Sara ^d   Shen, Weijun ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; SOIL;

BIOMASS; FOREST; METABOLISM; SOIL; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BIOMASS; CARBON; FORESTS; SOIL; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84950240901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep18370     Document Type: Article

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