SoilR (version 1.1-23)

fW.Demeter: Effects of moisture on decomposition rates according to the DEMETER model

Description

Calculates the effects of soil moisture on decomposition rates according to the DEMETER model.

Usage

fW.Demeter(M, Msat = 100)

Arguments

M

A scalar or vector containing values of soil moisture for which the effects on decomposition rates are calculated.

Msat

A scalar representing saturated soil moisture.

Value

References

Foley, J. A. (1995), An equilibrium model of the terrestrial carbon budget, Tellus B, 47(3), 310-319.

Examples

Moisture=0:100
plot(Moisture,fW.Demeter(Moisture),type="l",ylab="f(W) (unitless)", 
     main="Effects of soil moisture on decomposition rates according to the DEMETER model")