Modeling the effects of snowpack on heterotrophic respiration across northern temperate and high latitude regions: Comparison with measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide in high latitudes

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 91-114

  McGuire, A D ^a   Melillo, J M ^b   Randerson, J T ^c   Parton, W J ^d   Heimann, M ^e   Meier, R A ^a   Clein, J S ^a   Kicklighter, D W ^b   Sauf, W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Ecological modeling; Global carbon Cycle; Heterotrophic respiration; Net ecosystem production

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; LATITUDE; RESPIRATION; SNOWPACK;

EID: 0033968576     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006286804351     Document Type: Article

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