Carbon limitation of soil respiration under winter snowpacks: Potential feedbacks between growing season and winter carbon fluxes

Global Change Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 231-238

  Brooks, Paul D ^a   McKnight, Diane ^b   Elder, Kelly ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Climate change; CO2 flux; Soil respiration; Winter biogeochemistry

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SNOW COVER; SOIL RESPIRATION;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13944271418     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2004.00877.x     Document Type: Article

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