Management and climate impacts on net CO2 fluxes and carbon budgets of three grasslands along an elevational gradient in Switzerland

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 519-530

  Zeeman, Matthias J ^a   Hiller, Rebecca ^a   Gilgen, Anna K ^a   Michna, Pavel ^b   Plüss, Peter ^a   Buchmann, Nina ^a   Eugster, Werner ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Eddy covariance; Mountain agriculture; Net ecosystem exchange; Swiss Alps

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE EFFECT; EDDY COVARIANCE; ELEVATION; FARMING SYSTEM; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 77949492812     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.01.011     Document Type: Article

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