Soil hydrological properties regulate grassland ecosystem responses to multifactor global change: A modeling analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Weng, Ensheng ^a,b   Luo, Yiqi ^a,b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVAPORATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRASSLAND; MODELING; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL WATER; TRANSPIRATION; WARMING; WATER AVAILABILITY;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 53149121070     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JG000539     Document Type: Article

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