Response of carbon fluxes to water relations in a savanna ecosystem in South Africa

Biogeosciences

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1797-1808

  Kutsch, W L ^a   Hanan, N ^b   Scholes, B ^c   McHugh, I ^d   Kubheka, W ^b   Eckhardt, H ^e   Williams, C ^f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^f CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; EDDY COVARIANCE; GROWING SEASON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SAVANNA; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER RELATIONS;

AFRICA; KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 62649115991     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-5-1797-2008     Document Type: Article

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