Permanent grasslands provide a wide array of ecosystem services. Despite this, few studies
have investigated grassland carbon (C) dynamics, and especially those related to the effects …

This study compares soil respiration and its heterotrophic and autotrophic components in
four land use types: agriculture, 2 and 9 year old hybrid poplar plantations, grassland, and a …

Ecosystem carbon (C) fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems are affected by varying environmental
conditions (eg, soil heterogeneity and weather) and land management. However, the …

Studies that have investigated soil carbon dynamics under Mediterranean conditions are
scarce and fragmented and contrasting results have often been reported. This study aimed …

Soil respiration was measured by closed chamber and gradient methods in soils under
forest, sown meadow and crops. Annual total soil respiration determined with the closed …

Grasslands comprise approximately 40% of the earth's land area (excluding areas of
permanent ice cover) and play a critical role in the global carbon cycle. In this paper, by …

Soil respiration constitutes the second largest flux of carbon (C) between terrestrial
ecosystems and the atmosphere. This study provides a synthesis of soil respiration (R s) in …

Aims This study investigates how precipitation, temperature and seasonality (as a proxy of
plant productivity) affect the temporal and spatial variability of soil CO 2 efflux in two dry …

Reduction of soil greenhouse gas emissions is crucial to control increases in atmospheric
CO2 concentrations. Permanent grasslands are of considerable importance in climate …

The high indigenous soil organic carbon content, root biomass, and microbial populations in
prairie soils provide a source of carbon dioxide (CO2) that is important in the carbon budget …