Net primary production and carbon stocks for subarctic mesic-dry tundras with contrasting microtopography, altitude, and dominant species

Ecosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 760-776

  Campioli, Matteo ^a,c   Michelsen, Anders ^b   Demey, Andreas ^a   Vermeulen, Annemie ^a   Samson, Roeland ^c   Lemeur, Raoul ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Annual production; Carbon and nitrogen stocks; Ecosystem C cycling; Heath; Northern Sweden; Seasonal plant growth; Vegetation biomass

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DOMINANCE; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN CYCLE; SUBARCTIC REGION; TUNDRA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

CASSIOPE TETRAGONA; EMPETRUM HERMAPHRODITUM;

EID: 68149164933     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-009-9255-3     Document Type: Article

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