Biological controls on soil respiration and its climatic response across a large tropical elevation gradient

This study uses a 3 km transect in Peruvian rain forest to examine temperature, moisture and microbial controls on soil respiration.

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Microbial and physcial controls on soil respiration along a 3 km elevation transect in tropical forest.

This study uses a 3 km transect in Peruvian rain forest to examine temperature, moisture and microbial controls on soil respiration.
NERC funded project through University of Edinburgh
Meir as PI, with Co-Is, Nick Ostle (CEH, Lancaster UK) and Richard Bardgett (University of Manchester UK)

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