73: Effects of temperature on decomposition rates according to a...

In SoilR: Models of Soil Organic Matter Decomposition

Description

Calculates the effects of temperature on decomposition rates according to a linear model.

Usage

fT.linear(Temp, a = 0.198306, b = 0.036337)

Arguments

Temp	A scalar or vector containing values of temperature for which the effects on decomposition rates are calculated.
a	A scalar defining the intercept of the linear function.
b	A scalar defining the slope of the linear function.

Value

A scalar or a vector containing the effects of temperature on decomposition rates (unitless).

Author(s)

Carlos A. Sierra, Markus Mueller

References

Adair, E. C., W. J. Parton, S. J. D. Grosso, W. L. Silver, M. E. Harmon, S. A. Hall, I. C. Burke, and S. C. Hart. 2008. Simple three-pool model accurately describes patterns of long-term litter decomposition in diverse climates. Global Change Biology 14:2636-2660.

Examples

Temperature=0:50
plot(Temperature,fT.linear(Temperature),type="l",ylab="f(T) (unitless)", 
     main="Effects of temperature on decomposition rates according to a linear function")

Example output

Loading required package: deSolve
Loading required package: parallel
Loading required package: RUnit

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