Carbon dioxide fluxes in a spatially and temporally heterogeneous temperate grassland

Oecologia

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 291-302

  Risch, Anita C ^a   Frank, Douglas A ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed chamber technique; Net ecosystem exchange; Plant aboveground biomass; Plant assimilation; Plant nitrogen

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON FLUX; GRASSLAND; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PLANT; POACEAE; SEASON; SOIL; TIME; UNITED STATES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; PLANTS; POACEAE; SEASONS; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; WYOMING;

UNGULATA;

EID: 32444449416     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0261-7     Document Type: Article

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