Dependence of carbon sequestration on the differential responses of ecosystem photosynthesis and respiration to rain pulses in a semiarid steppe

Global Change Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2450-2461

  Chen, Shiping ^a   Lin, Guanghui ^a   Huang, Jianhui ^a   Jenerette, G Darrel ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autotrophic respiration; Gross ecosystem productivity; Heterotrophic respiration; Rain pulse; Semiarid steppe

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RESPIRATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STEPPE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 70149086902     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01879.x     Document Type: Article

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