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AG biomass (g m -2 )<br />

400<br />

350<br />

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250<br />

200<br />

150<br />

100<br />

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0<br />

26.04.2007<br />

15.05.2007<br />

30.05.2007<br />

16.06.2007<br />

03.07.2007<br />

12.07.2007<br />

Fig. 4 Changes <strong>of</strong> the aboveground (AG) <strong>and</strong> belowground (BG) biomass (± SE) in the course <strong>of</strong> the growing<br />

season 2007.<br />

An average contribution <strong>of</strong> <strong>root</strong>s to total CO2 efflux from <strong>soil</strong> amounted to 30%. However<br />

the range <strong>of</strong> variation in <strong>root</strong> <strong>respiration</strong> contribution to Rs varied significantly in course <strong>of</strong> the<br />

growing seasons from 2 to 70% (Fig.3).<br />

2.3.1. Diurnal variation <strong>of</strong> <strong>soil</strong> <strong>respiration</strong> <strong>of</strong> different origin<br />

Response <strong>of</strong> <strong>soil</strong> <strong>respiration</strong> <strong>of</strong> different origin to diurnal changes in <strong>soil</strong> temperature in 2007<br />

<strong>and</strong> 2008 is represented in figure 5. The first observation which is possible to make from the graphs<br />

is that any <strong>of</strong> <strong>respiration</strong> sources do not follow diurnal patterns <strong>of</strong> <strong>soil</strong> temperature <strong>of</strong>ten<br />

decreasing suddenly under the high <strong>respiration</strong> rates, independently from the period <strong>of</strong> the growing<br />

season when the measurements were performed (Fig. 5: ex. 15 June, 11 July, 19 August; 11<br />

November; 5 June; 2 August). Another important observation is that in different times <strong>of</strong> the day<br />

with similar temperatures <strong>soil</strong> <strong>respiration</strong> is different. Changes in SWC also failed to explain the<br />

diurnal variation in <strong>soil</strong> <strong>respiration</strong> fluxes, its fluctuations during the day were negligible (Fig. 6).<br />

04.08.2007<br />

20.08.2007<br />

08.09.2007<br />

23.10.2007<br />

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