Annual CO2 flux in dry and moist Arctic tundra: Field responses to increases in summer temperatures and winter snow depth

Climatic Change

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 139-150

  Welker, J M ^a,b   Fahnestock, J T ^a   Jones, M H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; SNOW COVER; TEMPERATURE; TUNDRA;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0033963885     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005555012742     Document Type: Article

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