Seasonal variation in energy fluxes and carbon dioxide exchange for a broad-leaved semi-arid savanna (Mopane woodland) in Southern Africa

Global Change Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 318-328

  Veenendaal, Elmar M ^a   Kolle, Olaf ^b   Lloyd, Jon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon balance; Colophospermum mopane; Eddy covariance; Energy balance; Savanna; Semi arid; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY FLUX; SAVANNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL RESPIRATION;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

COLOPHOSPERMUM MOPANE; POACEAE;

EID: 1842683851     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2003.00699.x     Document Type: Article

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