Ecosystem respiration components in forests UK

Researchers developed metrics to better reflect the impact of land cover on soil heterotrophic respiration in seasonal forests, finding that land cover significantly influences the relative contribution of heterotrophic respiration to higher-level fluxes.

• The authors developed metrics to improve the reflection of land cover's impact on soil heterotrophic respiration within seasonal forests, utilizing a literature review and two new datasets.
• There is frequently a mismatch between the outputs of process models, such as soil heterotrophic respiration (Rh), and site-measured parameters, including total soil surface respiration (Rs) or whole ecosystem respiration (Re).
• Research indicates that land cover is a significant factor in determining the relative contribution of heterotrophic respiration to higher-level fluxes, suggesting that coefficients for these estimations should be derived from studies of similar ecosystems.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2024). Ecosystem respiration components in forests UK. https://www.sei.org/publications/ecosystem-respiration-components-forests-uk/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Ecosystem respiration components in forests UK. 2024. https://www.sei.org/publications/ecosystem-respiration-components-forests-uk/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2024ecosystem, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Ecosystem respiration components in forests UK}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2024}, month = mar, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/ecosystem-respiration-components-forests-uk/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }