Increased Forest Soil CO2 and N2O Emissions During Insect Infestation

Increased Forest Soil CO2 and N2O Emissions During Insect Infestation

Forest soils are major sinks of terrestrial carbon, but this function may be threatened by mass outbreak events of forest pests. Here, we measured soil CO2-C and N2O-N fluxes from a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) forest that was heavily infested by the nun moth (Lymantria monacha L.) and an adjace...

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Main Authors: Maren Marine Grüning, Franziska Germeshausen, Carsten Thies, Anne l.-M.-Arnold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-10-01
Series:Forests
Subjects:
CO2
N2O
insect outbreak
frass
litter
soil emissions
nun moth
disturbances
climate change
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/9/10/612

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