Spring drought regulates summer net ecosystem CO2 exchange in a sagebrush-steppe ecosystem

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 381-391

  Kwon, Hyojung ^a   Pendall, Elise ^b   Ewers, Brent E ^b   Cleary, Meagan ^b   Naithani, Kusum ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic response; Precipitation timing; Soil and atmospheric drought

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SINK; DICOTYLEDON; DROUGHT; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PERENNIAL PLANT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; STEPPE; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA VASEYANA; POACEAE;

EID: 39749199193     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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