Disentangling drought-induced variation in ecosystem and soil respiration using stable carbon isotopes

Oecologia - 2010
Stephan Unger1, Cristina Máguas2, J. S. Pereira3, Luís Aires4, Teresa S. David5, Christiane Werner1
1Department of Experimental and Systems Ecology, University of Bielefeld, Universitätsstrasse 25 (W4-114), 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
2Centro de Ecologia e Biologia Vegetal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisbon, Portugal
3Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisbon, Portugal
4CESAM, Departamento de Engenharia do Ambiente, Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Campus 2, 2411-901, Leiria, Portugal
5Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos, I.P., Quinta do Marquês, 2780-159, Oeiras, Portugal

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