Large-scale forest girdling shows that current photosynthesis drives soil respiration

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Summary

Girdling reduced soil respiration within 1–2 months by about 54% relative to respiration on ungirdled control plots, and that decreases of up to 37% were detected within 5 days, which clearly show that the flux of current assimilates to roots is a key driver of soil resppiration.

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Published
2001-06-14
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Girdling, Respiration, Photosynthesis, Soil respiration, Biology

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