Diurnal, seasonal and annual variation in the net ecosystem CO2 exchange of a desert shrub community (Sarcocaulescent) in Baja California, Mexico

Global Change Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 927-939

  Hastings, Steven J ^a   Oechel, Walter C ^a   Muhlia Melo, Arturo ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Annual and seasonal variability; Baja California; Carbon balance; Desert shrub ecosystem; Eddy covariance; Global change; Mexico; Net ecosystem CO2 exchange; Precipitation; Sarcocaulescent

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARIDA;

EID: 20844431854     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.00951.x     Document Type: Review

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