Assessing the effects of agricultural management practices on carbon fluxes: Spatial variation and the need for replicated estimates of Net Ecosystem Exchange

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 564-574

  Davis, P A ^a   Brown, J Clifton ^b,d   Saunders, M ^a,b   Lanigan, G ^b,c   Wright, E ^a   Fortune, T ^c   Burke, J ^c   Connolly, J ^a   Jones, M B ^b   Osborne, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^d ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eddy covariance; Hordeum vulgare; NEE; Non inversion tillage; Replication; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARABLE LAND; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENERGY BALANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LEAF AREA INDEX; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE;

EID: 77949655618     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.01.021     Document Type: Article

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