Intra-annual variation of soil respiration across four heterogeneous longleaf pine forests in the southeastern United States

Agriculture & Biology

• Pinus palustris 100%
• soil respiration 86%
• Southeastern United States 79%
• coniferous forests 75%
• soil water 47%
• soil temperature 29%
• understory 28%
• net ecosystem exchange 23%
• climate 22%
• wilting point 20%
• stand age 17%
• biomass 17%
• temperature 16%
• carbon sinks 16%
• soil quality 12%
• Pinus 12%
• texture 11%
• ecosystems 10%
• grasses 10%
• carbon 9%
• seedlings 8%
• soil 7%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• soil respiration 79%
• annual variation 68%
• pine 60%
• soil moisture 25%
• understory 16%
• soil temperature 15%
• litter 14%
• wilting 10%
• net ecosystem exchange 10%
• biomass 9%
• carbon sink 8%
• temperature 8%
• basal area 8%
• carbon flux 8%
• soil condition 7%
• seedling 7%
• grass 6%
• texture 5%
• substrate 5%
• ecosystem 4%
• soil 3%