Functional convergence in regulation of net CO2 flux in heterogeneous tundra landscapes in Alaska and Sweden

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 802-817

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

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alaska; Arctic; Carbon balance; CO2 flux; Landscape heterogeneity; Light response; Net ecosystem production; Sweden; Tundra

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LANDSCAPE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PATCHINESS; TUNDRA; VEGETATION TYPE;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 34250634506     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2007.01259.x     Document Type: Article

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