Factors controlling the interannual variability in the carbon balance of a southern boreal black spruce forest

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Krishnan, Praveena ^a,b   Black, T Andrew ^a   Barr, Alan G ^c   Grant, Nicholas J ^a   Gaumont Guay, David ^a   Nesic, Zoran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC SINK; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER CONTENT; WATER TABLE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 46449135087     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008965     Document Type: Article

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