Flux measurements suggest that boreal forests can be either sources or sinks for atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2; refs 3, 4), and that there is considerable interannual variability in this respect ...

We present a new soil respiration model, describe a formal model testing procedure, and compare our model with five alternative models using an extensive data set of observed soil respiration. Gas ...

Soil respiration is a critical hydrological process that plays an important role in the terrestrial carbon cycle. Associate Professor CHEN ShuTao and his colleagues from the School of Environmental ...

A novel carbon-tracking method offers scientists a way to solve one of the big mysteries of what forests do with their enormous flows of carbon, according to an international research team. The ...

New Phytologist is a leading world journal, publishing original research papers on all aspects of the plant sciences. It publishes also a prestigious series of invited reviews, Tansley Reviews, named ...