Changes in soil heterotrophic respiration, carbon availability, and microbial function in seven forests along a climate gradient

Ecological Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1077-1086

  Fang, Huajun ^a   Cheng, Shulan ^b   Wang, Yongsheng ^a   Yu, Guirui ^a   Xu, Minjie ^b   Dang, Xusheng ^a   Li, Linsen ^b   Wang, Lei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Forest biomes; Functional diversity; Labile carbon concentration; Microbial substrate utilization; Soil heterotrophic respiration

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOREST SOIL; HETEROTROPHY; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL RESPIRATION;

CHINA;

EID: 85027918477     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-014-1194-6     Document Type: Article

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