The role of shrub (Potentilla fruticosa) on ecosystem CO2 fluxes in an alpine shrub meadow

Journal of Plant Ecology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 89-97

  Yashiro, Yuichiro ^a   Shizu, Yoko ^a   Hirota, Mitsuru ^b   Shimono, Ayako ^c   Ohtsuka, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alpine meadow; Ecosystem respiration; Gross primary productivity; Net ecosystem productivity; Potentilla fruticosa; Shrub patch

Indexed keywords

POTENTILLA; POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA; ROSACEAE;

EID: 77952971063     PISSN: 17529921     EISSN: 1752993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtq011     Document Type: Article

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