Warmer and drier conditions stimulate respiration more than photosynthesis in a boreal peatland ecosystem: Analysis of automatic chambers and eddy covariance measurements

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 394-407

  Cai, Tiebo ^a   Flanagan, Lawrence B ^a   Syed, Kamran H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian carbon program; Climate change; Ecosystem net CO2 exchange; Fluxnet Canada

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EDDY COVARIANCE; GAS EXCHANGE; GROWING SEASON; PEATLAND; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HUMIDITY; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TREE; WETLAND;

ALBERTA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; HUMIDITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TREES; WETLANDS;

EID: 77949363178     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2009.02089.x     Document Type: Article

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