Organic matter and water addition enhance soil respiration in an arid region.

Climate change is generally predicted to increase net primary production, which could lead to additional C input to soil. In arid central Asia, precipitation has increased and is predicted to increase further. To assess the combined effects of these changes on soil CO2 efflux in arid land, a two fac...

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Main Authors: Liming Lai, Jianjian Wang, Yuan Tian, Xuechun Zhao, Lianhe Jiang, Xi Chen, Yong Gao, Shaoming Wang, Yuanrun Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3799695?pdf=render