Effects of drainage and temperature on carbon balance of tussock tundra microcosms

Oecologia

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 737-748

  Johnson, L C ^a   Shaver, G R ^a   Giblin, A E ^a   Nadelhoffer, K J ^a   Rastetter, E R ^a   Laundre, J A ^a   Murray, G L ^a  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Eriophorum vaginatum; Net CO2 balance; Tussock tundra

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATIC CHANGE; DRAINAGE; TEMPERATURE; TUNDRA; TUSSOCK TUNDRA;

CYPERACEAE; ERIOPHORUM VAGINATUM;

EID: 0030301222     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00329050     Document Type: Article

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