Wetting and drying cycles drive variations in the stable carbon isotope ratio of respired carbon dioxide in semi-arid grassland

Oecologia

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 321-333

  Shim, Jee H ^a   Pendall, Elise ^b   Morgan, Jack A ^c   Ojima, Dennis S ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Carbon isotope; Isotope partitioning; Plant functional type; Precipitation pulses

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; RAIN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASSLAND; GROWING SEASON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RESPIRATION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; VAPOR PRESSURE; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; COLORADO; ECOSYSTEM; LINEAR MODELS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POACEAE; RAIN; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

POACEAE;

EID: 67349110869     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1302-4     Document Type: Article

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