The CO2 exchange of biological soil crusts in a semiarid grass-shrubland at the northern transition zone of the Negev desert, Israel

Biogeosciences

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1411-1423

  Wilske, B ^a,b,d   Burgheimer, J ^c   Karnieli, A ^c   Zaady, E ^c,e   Andreae, M O ^b   Yakir, D ^a   Kesselmeier, J ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^e EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; DESERT; DIEL VARIATION; GAS EXCHANGE; GRASSLAND; PARAMETERIZATION; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUBLAND; SOIL CRUST; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL WATER; TRANSITION ZONE;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

BRYOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 54949103190     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-5-1411-2008     Document Type: Article

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