Modelling carbon balances of coastal arctic tundra under changing climate

Global Change Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 16-36

  Grant, Robert F ^a   Oechel, Walter C ^b   Ping, Chien Lu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; CO2 exchange; Ecosystem; Ecosystem modelling; Energy exchange

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; RESPIRATION; TUNDRA;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0037257049     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00549.x     Document Type: Article

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