Reconstruction and analysis of historical changes in carbon storage in arctic tundra

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1188-1198

  Mckane, Robert B ^a,c   Rastetter, Edward B ^a   Shaver, Gaius R ^a   Nadelhoffr, Knute J ^a   Giblin, Anne E ^a   Laundre, James A ^a   Chapin III, F Stuart ^b  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Carbon; Climate change; CO2; Light; Marine Biological Laboratory General Ecosystem (MBL GEM) model; Models; Nitrogen; Soil moisture; Temperature; Tundra

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE INCREASE; CARBON STORAGE; HISTORICAL STUDY; TUNDRA ECOSYSTEM;

USA, ALASKA, TOOLIK LAKE;

EID: 0030617154     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[1188:RAAOHC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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