Carbon, water, and energy fluxes in a semiarid cold desert grassland during and following multiyear drought

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Bowling, D R ^a   Bethers Marchetti, S ^a,b   Lunch, C K ^a,c   Grote, E E ^d   Belnap, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C4 PLANT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; DESERT; DROUGHT; ENERGY FLUX; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRASSLAND; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; SEASONALITY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER BUDGET; WATER VAPOR;

COLORADO PLATEAU; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 78649520203     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JG001322     Document Type: Article

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