Carbon balance of coniferous forests growing in contrasting climates: Model-based analysis

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 97-124

  Medlyn, Belinda E ^a   Berbigier, Paul ^b   Clement, Robert ^c   Grelle, Achim ^d   Loustau, Denis ^b   Linder, Sune ^d   Wingate, Lisa ^c   Jarvis, Paul G ^c   Sigurdsson, Bjarni D ^e   McMurtrie, Ross E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e Icelandic Forest Research   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Climate; Eddy correlation; Forest ecosystem; Modelling; Net ecosystem exchange; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 22444448097     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2005.05.004     Document Type: Article

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