Carbon balance in an alpine steppe in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 521-526

  Pei, Zhi Yong ^a   Ouyang, Hua ^b   Zhou, Cai Ping ^b   Xu, Xing Liang ^b  

^a Administrative Center for China's Agenda 21   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine grassland; Carbon balance; Carbon flux; Net primary productivity; Qinghai Tibet Plateau

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SINK; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STEPPE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; TEMPERATURE;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; TEMPERATURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 65449129147     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2009.00813.x     Document Type: Article

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