Sensitivity of soil respiration to variability in soil moisture and temperature in a humid tropical forest.

Precipitation and temperature are important drivers of soil respiration. The role of moisture and temperature are generally explored at seasonal or inter-annual timescales; however, significant variability also occurs on hourly to daily time-scales. We used small (1.54 m(2)), throughfall exclusion s...

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Main Authors: Tana E Wood, Matteo Detto, Whendee L Silver
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3846571?pdf=render