Spring in the boreal environment: Observations on pre- and post-melt energy and CO2 fluxes in two central Siberian ecosystems

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 311-328

  Arneth, Almut ^a   Lloyd, Jon ^b   Shibistova, Olga ^c   Sogachev, Andrej ^d   Kolle, Olaf ^e  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c SUKACHEV INSTITUTE OF FOREST   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PINUS SIBIRICA; PINUS THUNBERGII;

EID: 33749179189     PISSN: 12396095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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