Ecosystem respiration (RE) , the release of carbon from an ecosystem into the atmosphere, is a key component of the terrestrial ecosystem carbon budget and plays an important role in the global carbon balance. Analyzing the interaction between RE components is essential to understand RE and to accurately evaluate the ecosystem carbon budget. There are
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