Change in net primary production and heterotrophic respiration: How much is necessary to sustain the terrestrial carbon sink?

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 711-726

  Thompson, Matthew V ^a,b,c   Randerson, James T ^a,b   Malmström, Carolyn M ^a,b   Field, Christopher B ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SINK; CASA MODEL; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; TERRESTRIAL;

EID: 0030326016     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GB01667     Document Type: Article

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