Plant carbon-nutrient interactions control CO2 exchange in Alaskan wet sedge tundra ecosystems

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 453-469

  Johnson, Loretta C ^a   Shaver, Gaius R ^b   Cades, Deb H ^c   Rastetter, Edward ^b   Nadelhoffer, Knute ^b   Giblin, Anne ^b   Laundre, Jim ^b   Stanley, Amanda ^d  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Washington ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Carbon balance; Carbon nutrient interactions; CO2 exchange; Fertilizer treatment; Nutrient availability; Photosynthesis; Respiration; Soil microbial respiration; Tundra ecosystems; Warming, chronic

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GLOBAL WARMING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SEDGE;

ALASKA; TOOLIK LAKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033921211     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0453:pcnicc]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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