The contribution of mosses to the carbon and water exchange of arctic ecosystems: Quantification and relationships with system properties

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1205-1215

  Douma, J C ^a   Van Wijk, M T ^a   Lang, S I ^c   Shaver, G R ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon flux; Water flux

Indexed keywords

CARBON; WATER;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CARBON FLUX; GAS EXCHANGE; LEAF AREA INDEX; MOSS; NDVI; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER BUDGET;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; MOSS; PHOTON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC REGIONS; BRYOPHYTA; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

ABISKO; ARCTIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONGYEARBYEN; NORRBOTTEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; SWEDEN;

BRYOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 34250614955     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2007.01697.x     Document Type: Article

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