Diurnal and seasonal patterns in ecosystem CO2 fluxes and their controls in a temperate grassland

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-71

  Risch, Anita C ^a   Frank, Douglas A ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

closed chamber technique; ecosystem respiration; net ecosystem exchange; plant assimilation; temporal scales

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASSLAND; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROWING SEASON; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; RESPIRATION; SEASONALITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 77955319799     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/08-066.1     Document Type: Article

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