CO2 flux in arctic and alpine dry tundra: Comparative field responses under ambient and experimentally warmed conditions

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 272-277

  Welker, J M ^a,b   Brown, K B ^b   Fahnestock, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; FIELD SURVEY; TUNDRA;

ALASKA; COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032807684     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1552257     Document Type: Article

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