Succession-driven changes in soil respiration following fire in black spruce stands of interior Alaska
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KATHERINE P. O’NEILL*, DANIEL D. RICHTER and ERIC S. KASISCHKE USDA Agricultural Research Service, Appalachian Farming Systems Research Center, 1224 Airport Rd, Beaver WV 25813, USA; Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, Durham NC 27708-0328, USA; Department of Geography, University of Maryland, College Park MD 20742-8225, USA; *Author for correspondence (e-mail: katherine.oneill@ ars.usda.gov; phone: +1-304-256-2808; fax: +1-304-256-2921)
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