Identifying differences in carbon exchange among arctic ecosystem types

Ecosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 288-304

  Williams, M ^a   Street, L E ^a   Van Wijk, M T ^b   Shaver, G R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon flux; Landscape heterogeneity; Leaf area index; Maximum likelihood analysis; Net ecosystem exchange; Photosynthesis; Respiration; Tundra

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CARBON CYCLE; IRRADIANCE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; TEMPERATURE;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645349596     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-005-0146-y     Document Type: Article

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