Small-scale hydrological variation determines landscape CO2 fluxes in the high Arctic

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 205-216

  Sjögersten, Sofie ^a,c   Van Der Wal, René ^b   Woodin, Sarah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide fluxes; High Arctic; Soil moisture; Spatial variability; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARCTIC;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 33749244437     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-006-9018-6     Document Type: Article

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