Carbon balance assessment of a natural steppe of southern Siberia by multiple constraint approach

Biogeosciences

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 581-595

  Marchesini, L Belelli ^a   Papale, D ^a   Reichstein, M ^a,b   Vuichard, N ^a   Tchebakova, N ^c   Valentini, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c SUKACHEV INSTITUTE OF FOREST   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON SINK; EDDY COVARIANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GAS EXCHANGE; GROWING SEASON; INVENTORY; PHYTOMASS; SAMPLING; STEPPE;

EURASIA; SIBERIA;

EID: 34547662849     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-4-581-2007     Document Type: Article

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