Interannual ecosystem CO2 dynamics in the alpine zone of the eastern alps, Austria

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 487-496

  Koch, Oliver ^a   Tscherko, Dagmar ^a   Küppers, Manfred ^a   Kandeler, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FEN; MEADOW; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PORE SPACE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 53549121952     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(07-055)[KOCH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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