As the lifetime of regional flux networks approach twenty years, there is a growing number of
papers that have published long term records (5 years or more) of net carbon fluxes …

The rhizosphere priming effect (RPE) is a mechanism by which plants interact with soil
functions. The large impact of the RPE on soil organic matter decomposition rates (from 50 …

The application of the eddy covariance flux method to measure fluxes of trace gas and
energy between ecosystems and the atmosphere has exploded over the past 25 years. This …

The role of time in ecology has a long history of investigation, but ecologists have largely
restricted their attention to the influence of concurrent abiotic conditions on rates and …

The global environment is constantly changing and our planet is getting warmer at an
unprecedented rate. The study of the carbon cycle, and soil respiration, is a very active area …

CO2 efflux from soil depends on the availability of organic substances respired by roots and
microorganisms. Therefore, photosynthetic activity supplying carbohydrates from leaves to …

Soil respiration–RS, the flux of CO 2 from the soil to the atmosphere–is probably the least
well constrained component of the terrestrial carbon cycle. Here we introduce the SRDB …

Many important hominid-bearing fossil localities in East Africa are in regions that are
extremely hot and dry. Although humans are well adapted to such conditions, it has been …

This experiment was designed to study three determinant factors in decomposition patterns
of soil organic matter (SOM): temperature, water and carbon (C) inputs. The study combined …

Soil respiration (Rs) is the second largest carbon flux next to GPP between the terrestrial
ecosystem (the largest organic carbon pool) and the atmosphere at a global scale. Given …