Substrate limitations for heterotrophs: Implications for models that estimate the seasonal cycle of atmospheric CO2

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 585-602

  Randerson, James T ^a,b   Thompson, Matthew V ^a,b   Malmstrom, Carolyn M ^a,b   Field, Christopher B ^a   Fung, Inez Y ^c,d  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DECOMPOSITION; FINE ROOT; FLUX MEASUREMENT; HERBIVORY; HETEROTROPHY; LAND USE; LITTERFALL; MORTALITY; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RESPIRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SUBSTRATE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TRACER; ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE; HETEROTROPHIC RESPIRATION; LAND USE CHANGE; SEASONAL CYCLE;

EID: 0030373246     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GB01981     Document Type: Article

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