Large annual net ecosystem CO2 uptake of a Mojave Desert ecosystem

Global Change Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1475-1487

  Wohlfahrt, Georg ^a   Fenstermaker, Lynn F ^b   Arnone Iii III, John A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eddy covariance; Heterotrophic respiration; Mojave Global Change Facility (MGCF); Photosynthesis; Rain pulse; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DESERT; EDDY COVARIANCE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; RAINBAND; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44849144751     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01593.x     Document Type: Article

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