Increased rainfall variability and reduced rainfall amount decreases soil CO2 flux in a grassland ecosystem

Global Change Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 322-334

  Harper, Christopher W ^a   Blair, John M ^a   Fay, Philip A ^b   Knapp, Alan K ^a,c   Carlisle, Jonathan D ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Natural Resources Research Institute   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Precipitation variability; Rainfall manipulation; Rainout shelters; Soil moisture; Soil respiration; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CHANGE; GRASSLAND; RAINFALL;

KANSAS; KONZA PRAIRIE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13944277152     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.00899.x     Document Type: Article

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