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

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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.