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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-719-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-719-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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15 Feb 2023
Research article |
| 15 Feb 2023
| 15 Feb 2023
Temperature sensitivity of soil organic carbon respiration along a forested elevation gradient in the Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda
Isotope Bioscience Laboratory – ISOFYS, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
CAVElab – Computational and Applied Vegetation Ecology, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Mountains of the Moon University, P.O. Box 837, Fort Portal, Uganda
National Agricultural Research Organisation, Mbarara Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute, P.O. Box 389, Mbarara, Uganda
Marijn Bauters
Isotope Bioscience Laboratory – ISOFYS, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
CAVElab – Computational and Applied Vegetation Ecology, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Hans Verbeeck
CAVElab – Computational and Applied Vegetation Ecology, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Samuel Bodé
Isotope Bioscience Laboratory – ISOFYS, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
John Kasenene
Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Mountains of the Moon University, P.O. Box 837, Fort Portal, Uganda
Astrid Françoys
Isotope Bioscience Laboratory – ISOFYS, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management (SoFer), Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Soil Physics (SoPHy), Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Till Engelhardt
Department of Household Waste Water Treatment, Sweco, Arenbergstraat 13, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Klaus Butterbach-Bahl
Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Kreuzeckbahnstraße 19, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 82467, Germany
Ralf Kiese
Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Kreuzeckbahnstraße 19, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 82467, Germany
Pascal Boeckx
Isotope Bioscience Laboratory – ISOFYS, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Short summary
The increase in global and regional temperatures has the potential to drive accelerated soil organic carbon losses in tropical forests. We simulated climate warming by translocating intact soil cores from higher to lower elevations. The results revealed increasing temperature sensitivity and decreasing losses of soil organic carbon with increasing elevation. Our results suggest that climate warming may trigger enhanced losses of soil organic carbon from tropical montane forests.
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