Soil respiration in a subtropical forest of southwestern China: Components, patterns and controls.

Partitioning the components of soil respiration is crucial to understand and model carbon cycling in forest ecosystems. In this study, total soil respiration (RS), autotrophic respiration (RA), heterotrophic respiration (RH), litter respiration (RL), litterfall input and environmental factors were s...

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Main Authors: Kaijun Yang, Yulian Yang, Zhenfeng Xu, Qinggui Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6160061?pdf=render