Estimating heterotrophic respiration at large scales: challenges, approaches, and next steps

Abstract Heterotrophic respiration (HR), the aerobic and anaerobic processes mineralizing organic matter, is a key carbon flux but one impossible to measure at scales significantly larger than small experimental plots. This impedes our ability to understand carbon and nutrient cycles, benchmark mode...

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Published in:	Ecosphere
Main Authors:	Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Daniel Epron, Jennifer Harden, Mark E. Harmon, Forrest Hoffman, Jitendra Kumar, Anthony David McGuire, Rodrigo Vargas
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2016-06-01
Subjects:	carbon cycle heterotrophic respiration modeling
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1380

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