Vegetation characteristics and primary productivity along an arctic transect: Implications for scaling-up

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 885-898

  Williams, Mathew ^a   Rastetter, Edward B ^a  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic ecosystems; Canopy models; Foliar N; Gross primary productivity; Leaf area index; Scaling; Tundra

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC OCEAN; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON ASSIMILATION; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; MODEL; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SCALE-UP; SOIL MOISTURE; TUNDRA; UNITED STATES;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CARBON BUDGET; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 0032719140     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00404.x     Document Type: Article

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