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Comparative Analysis of Soil Respiration Dynamics and Heterotrophic Respiration Sensitivity to Warming in a Subalpine Coniferous Forest and a Subtropical Evergreen Broadleaf Forest in Southwest China
To quantify variations in the components of soil respiration (Rs), elucidate the impact of warming on heterotrophic respiration (Rh) in subalpine coniferous forest (LJ) and in subtropical evergreen broadleaf fore...
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Partitioning of root respiration into growth, maintenance, and ion uptake components in a young larch-dominated forest
Fine roots play an essential role in global carbon cycles, but phenological variations in root function and metabolism are poorly understood. To illustrate the dynamics of fine root function and metabolism in ...
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Ten years of warming increased plant-derived carbon accumulation in an East Asian monsoon forest
Soil warming significantly influences soil organic carbon (SOC) pools in terrestrial ecosystems through its impact on the processes of carbon (C) input and decomposition as well as the stabilization of SOC poo...
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Open AccessAbiotic and biotic factors controlling the dynamics of soil respiration in a coastal dune ecosystem in western Japan
In this study, we examined the abiotic and biotic factors controlling the dynamics of soil respiration (Rs) while considering the zonal distribution of plant species in a coastal dune ecosystem in western Japan, ...
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Fine root dynamics and partitioning of root respiration into growth and maintenance components in cool temperate deciduous and evergreen forests
We aim to show the seasonality of fine root dynamics and examine the relationship between root respiration (Rr) and fine root dynamics. In addition, we try partitioning Rr into growth (Rg) and maintenance (Rm) co...
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Open AccessHigh-resolution data on the impact of warming on soil CO2 efflux from an Asian monsoon forest
This paper describes a project for evaluation of global warming’s impacts on soil carbon dynamics in Japanese forest ecosystems. We started a soil warming experiment in late 2008 in a 55-year-old evergreen bro...
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Open AccessEddy covariance and biometric measurements show that a savanna ecosystem in Southwest China is a carbon sink
Savanna ecosystems play a crucial role in the global carbon cycle. However, there is a gap in our understanding of carbon fluxes in the savanna ecosystems of Southeast Asia. In this study, the eddy covariance ...
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Open AccessSustained acceleration of soil carbon decomposition observed in a 6-year warming experiment in a warm-temperate forest in southern Japan
To examine global warming’s effect on soil organic carbon (SOC) decomposition in Asian monsoon forests, we conducted a soil warming experiment with a multichannel automated chamber system in a 55-year-old warm...
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Open AccessHeterotrophic respiration does not acclimate to continuous warming in a subtropical forest
As heterotrophic respiration (RH) has great potential to increase atmospheric CO2 concentrations, it is important to understand warming effects on RH for a better prediction of carbon–climate feedbacks. However, ...
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Responses of gross primary productivity to different sizes of precipitation events in a temperate grassland ecosystem in Inner Mongolia, China
Changes in the sizes of precipitation events in the context of global climate change may have profound impacts on ecosystem productivity in arid and semiarid grasslands. However, we still have little knowledge...
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Spatial and temporal variations in the light environment in a primary and selectively logged forest long after logging in Peninsular Malaysia
We could show long-term effects of logging operation in a Malaysian forest. A forest selectively logged about 50 years ago had a longer sunfleck time and a less heterogeneous light spatially th...
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Pooling of CO2 within a small valley in a tropical seasonal rain forest
CO2 concentrations and related environmental factors were measured in an Asian tropical rainforest located in a small valley in **shuangbanna, SW China, with the aim of investigating the CO2 pooling effect and it...
