Litter contribution to diurnal and annual soil respiration in a tropical montane cloud forest

Respiration of CO₂ from soils (Rs) is a major component of the carbon cycle of ecosystems, but understanding is still poor of both the relative contributions of different respiratory sources to Rs, and the environmental factors that drive diurnal variations in Rs. We measured total and litter-free R...

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Main Authors: Zimmermann, M, Meir, P, Bird, M, Malhi, Y, Ccahuana, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2009
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