Photosynthesis of arctic evergreens under snow: Implications for tundra ecosystem carbon balance

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1415-1420

  Starr, Gregory ^a,b   Oberbauer, Steven F ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brooks Mountain Range, Alaska; Carbon cycling; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Climate change; Subnivean; Tussock tundra

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVERGREEN FOREST; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SNOW; TUNDRA; VASCULAR PLANT;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0344584973     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-3154     Document Type: Article

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