Articles | Volume 14, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-6605-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-6605-2021
Model evaluation paper
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29 Oct 2021
Model evaluation paper |  | 29 Oct 2021

Comparing an exponential respiration model to alternative models for soil respiration components in a Canadian wildfire chronosequence (FireResp v1.0)

John Zobitz, Heidi Aaltonen, Xuan Zhou, Frank Berninger, Jukka Pumpanen, and Kajar Köster

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on gmd-2021-185', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Jul 2021
  • RC2: 'Comment on gmd-2021-185', Anonymous Referee #2, 13 Sep 2021
  • AC1: 'Comment on gmd-2021-185', John Zobitz, 30 Sep 2021

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by John Zobitz on behalf of the Authors (30 Sep 2021)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (01 Oct 2021) by Christoph Müller
AR by John Zobitz on behalf of the Authors (01 Oct 2021)
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Short summary
Forest fires heavily affect carbon stocks and fluxes of carbon in high-latitude forests. Long-term trends in soil respiration following forest fires are associated with recovery of aboveground biomass. We evaluated models for soil autotrophic and heterotrophic respiration with data from a chronosequence of stand-replacing forest fires in northern Canada. The best model that reproduced expected patterns in soil respiration components takes into account soil microbe carbon as a model variable.