Elevated carbon dioxide alters impacts of precipitation pulses on ecosystem photosynthesis and respiration in a semi-arid grassland

Oecologia

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 791-802

  Bachman, Sarah ^a   Heisler White, Jana L ^a   Pendall, Elise ^a   Williams, David G ^a   Morgan, Jack A ^b   Newcomb, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Carbon dioxide flux; Climate change; Net ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange; Prairie

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; RAIN;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROWING SEASON; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PRAIRIE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEMIARID REGION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POACEAE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POACEAE; RAIN;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 77949262303     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1511-x     Document Type: Article

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