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Modeling pulsed soil respiration in an African savanna ecosystem

Zhaosheng Fan - No affiliation found

2015/01/15 Full-length article DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.10.009 Journal: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Abstract:

Highlights•A combined observational and modeling approach to examine soil respiration dynamics.•Two times greater CO2 flux in the sub-canopy plots than in the inter-canopy plots.•Pulsed response of respiration to precipitation events is a key control on soil CO2 fluxes.