Soil moisture controls the spatio-temporal pattern of soil respiration under different land use systems in a semi-arid ecosystem of Delhi, India

Soil moisture controls the spatio-temporal pattern of soil respiration under different land use systems in a semi-arid ecosystem of Delhi, India

Abstract Background Soil respiration (SR) is a critical process for understanding the impact of climatic conditions and land degradation on the carbon cycle in terrestrial ecosystems. We measured the SR and soil environmental factors over 1 year in four land uses with varying levels of disturbance a...

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Main Authors: Archana Meena, M. Hanief, J. Dinakaran, K. S. Rao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-03-01
Series:Ecological Processes
Subjects:
Soil respiration
Soil moisture
Soil microbes
Soil temperature
Precipitation
Land use change
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13717-020-0218-0

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