Comparing carbon fluxes between different stages of secondary succession of a karst grassland

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 199-207

  Ferlan, M ^a,b   Alberti, G ^c   Eler, K ^a   Batic F ^a   Peressotti, A ^c   Miglietta, F ^e   Zaldei, A ^d   Simoncic P ^b   Vodnik, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b SLOVENIAN FORESTRY INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Burba correction; Carbon cycle; Eddy covariance; Karst ecosystem; Net ecosystem CO2 exchange; Precipitation pulse; Secondary succession

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASSLAND; INVASIVE SPECIES; KARST; LAND USE CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SOIL RESPIRATION; WATER BUDGET; WOODY PLANT;

SLOVENIA;

EID: 79151469199     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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