Complexity in water and carbon dioxide fluxes following rain pulses in an African savanna

Oecologia

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 469-480

  Williams, Christopher Alan ^a   Hanan, Niall ^b   Scholes, Robert J ^c   Kutsch, Werner ^d  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecosystem modeling; Evapotranspiration; Net ecosystem carbon exchange; Pulse response; Soil water dynamics

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FRESH WATER; RAIN;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DICOTYLEDON; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RAINFALL; SAVANNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL WATER; WATER STRESS;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; SOIL; SOUTH AFRICA; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RAIN; SOIL; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS;

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

ACACIA; COMBRETUM;

EID: 70349298366     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1405-y     Document Type: Article

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