Phenology of plant production in the northwestern great plains: Relationships with carbon isotope discrimination, net ecosystem productivity and ecosystem respiration

Phenology of Ecosystem Processes: Applications in Global Change Research

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 169-185

  Flanagan, Lawrence B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0026-5_7     Document Type: Chapter

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