Process-level controls on CO2 fluxes from a seasonally snow-covered subalpine meadow soil, Niwot Ridge, Colorado

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 151-166

  Liptzin, Daniel ^a,b   Williams, Mark W ^a   Helmig, Detlev ^a   Seok, Brian ^a   Filippa, Gianluca ^c   Chowanski, Kurt ^a   Hueber, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Climate change; CO2 flux; Snowpack; Winter biogeochemistry

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CHANGE; MEADOW; SNOW COVER; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

COLORADO; FRONT RANGE; NIWOT RIDGE; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349682305     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-009-9303-2     Document Type: Article

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