Sensitivity of mesquite shrubland CO2 exchange to precipitation in contrasting landscape settings

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2900-2910

  Potts, Daniel L ^a,d   Scott, Russell L ^b   Cable, Jessica M ^a,c   Huxman, Travis E ^a   Williams, David G ^c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eddy covariance; Flux duration analysis; Net ecosystem CO2 exchange; Photosynthesis; Plant water relations; Prosopis velutina; Respiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; EDDY COVARIANCE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LEGUME; MONSOON; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUBLAND; SOIL RESPIRATION; WOODY PLANT;

PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS VELUTINA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; RAIN;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PROSOPIS; SEASON; SOIL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PROSOPIS; RAIN; SEASONS; SOIL;

EID: 58149332315     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1177.1     Document Type: Article

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