Effects of forest age on soil autotrophic and heterotrophic respiration differ between evergreen and deciduous forests.

We examined the effects of forest stand age on soil respiration (SR) including the heterotrophic respiration (HR) and autotrophic respiration (AR) of two forest types. We measured soil respiration and partitioned the HR and AR components across three age classes ~15, ~25, and ~35-year-old Pinus sylv...

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Main Authors: Wei Wang, Wenjing Zeng, Weile Chen, Yuanhe Yang, Hui Zeng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3839927?pdf=render