Co-varying effects of vegetation structure and terrain attributes are responsible for soil respiration spatial patterns in a sandy forest–steppe transition zone

Süle, Gabriella; Fóti, Szilvia; Körmöczi, László; Petrás, Dóra; Kardos, Levente; Balogh, János

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/we-21-95-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/we-21-95-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/we-21-95-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 2

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09 Nov 2021

Standard article |

| 09 Nov 2021

Co-varying effects of vegetation structure and terrain attributes are responsible for soil respiration spatial patterns in a sandy forest–steppe transition zone

Gabriella Süle, Szilvia Fóti, László Körmöczi, Dóra Petrás, Levente Kardos, and János Balogh

Data sets

PCA_scores_terrain.csv Gabriella Süle https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14269088.v2

meteorological.csv Gabriella Süle https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14269142.v1

coords_alt.csv Gabriella Sül https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14269181.v1

variables.csv Gabriella Süle https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14269214

Short summary

Forest–steppe habitats have contrasting canopy structure with strong influence on the spatio-temporal variability of ecosystem functions. In our study, environmental and functional variables were evaluated in this transition zone. We found that topography and vegetation structure have co-varying effects on abiotic–biotic factors. Our observations are valuable for assessing the dynamics of functional and driving variables in this natural transition zone of the temperate vegetation.