Ecosystem respiration, with its associated aboveground and belowground (soil and root) components,
is a primary determinant of the carbon balance across temperate ecosystems
(Valentini et. al 2001). This study focuses on some general aspects
of the above-and-belowground respiration as well as the environmental and
biological drivers that determine ecosystem respiration at multiple time scales.
We intend to give a broad overview of current understanding in soil
and ecosystem respiration, how global changes influence respiration, and also
introduce some of the statistical and mathematical modeling techniques that
will be important for the next generation of ecosystem research.
This website created and maintianed by: Paul Stoy and Min Zhang
University Program of Ecology, Duke Unievrsity