Carbon isotope discrimination of arctic and boreal biomes inferred from remote atmospheric measurements and a biosphere-atmosphere model

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1-1-1-15

  Randerson, J T ^a   Still, C J ^b   Balle J J ^b   Fung, I Y ^b   Doney, S C ^c   Tans, P P ^d   Conway, T J ^d   White, J W C ^e   Vaughn, B ^e   Suits, N ^f   Denning, A S ^f  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope discrimination; Light use efficiency; Net primary production; Q10 respiration factor; Seasonal cycle of CO2; Temperature sensitivity of respiration

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0036770788     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001gb001435     Document Type: Article

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