Carbon dioxide and water vapour exchange in a tropical dry forest as influenced by the North American Monsoon System (NAMS)

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 556-563

  Perez Ruiz, Eli Rafael ^a   Garatuza Payan, Jaime ^a   Watts, Christopher J ^b   Rodriguez, Julio Cesar ^b   Yepez, Enrico A ^a   Scott, Russell L ^c  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^c CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy gas exchange; Ecosystem water use efficiency; Eddy covariance; North western Mexico; Seasonally dry ecosystem

Indexed keywords

CANOPY EXCHANGE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EDDY COVARIANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GAS EXCHANGE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RESPIRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WATER VAPOR;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 76849101405     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.09.029     Document Type: Article

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