Effect of rainfall patterns on soil surface CO2 efflux, soil moisture, soil temperature and plant growth in a grassland ecosystem of northern Ontario, Canada: Implications for climate change

BMC Ecology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Laporte, Michael F ^a   Duchesne, L C ^a   Wetzel, S ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHLEUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM HYBRIDUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; RAIN; SOIL; WATER;

ANALYSIS; BIOMASS; CANADA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; POACEAE; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ONTARIO; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; POACEAE; RAIN; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 2942702152     PISSN: 14726785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-2-10     Document Type: Article

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