Physiological models for scaling plot measurements of CO2 flux across an arctic tundra landscape

Ecological Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 60-72

  Vourlitis, George L ^a,b   Oechel, Walter C ^b   Hope, Allen ^c   Stow, Doug ^c   Boynton, Bill ^c   Verfaillie Jr , Joseph ^b   Zulueta, Rommel ^b   Hastings, Steven J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic tundra; Climate change; CO2 flux; Eddy covariance; Extrapolation; Gas exchange; Gross primary production; Physiological models; Scaling; Whole ecosystem respiration

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; TUNDRA;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034141269     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2640986     Document Type: Article

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