Productivity, respiration, and light-response parameters of world grassland and agroecosystems derived from flux-tower measurements

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-39

  Gilmanov, Tagir G ^a   Aires, L ^b   Barcza, Z ^b   Baron, V S ^b   Belelli, L ^b   Beringer, J ^b   Billesbach, D ^b   Bonal, D ^b   Bradford, J ^b   Ceschia, E ^b   Cook, D ^b   Corradi, C ^b   Frank, A ^b   Gianelle, D ^b   Gimeno, C ^b   Gruenwald, T ^b   Guo, Haiqiang ^b   Hanan, N ^b   Haszpra, L ^b   Heilman, J ^b   Jacobs, A ^b   Jones, M B ^b   Johnson, D A ^b   Kiely, G ^b   Li, Shenggong ^b   Magliulo, V ^b   Moors, E ^b   Nagy, Z ^b   Nasyrov, M ^b   Owensby, C ^b   Pinter, K ^b   Pio, C ^b   Reichstein, M ^b   Sanz, M J ^b   Scott, R ^b   Soussana, J F ^b   Stoy, P C ^b   Svejcar, T ^b   Tuba, Z ^b   Zhou, Guangsheng ^b   more..

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

croplands; ecosystem respiration; grasslands; gross primary production; light response function method

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ALGORITHM; BOWEN RATIO; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA SET; ENERGY BALANCE; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRASSLAND; GROWING SEASON; HARVESTING; LIGHT EFFECT; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PRODUCTIVITY; RESPIRATION; SHRUBLAND; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 79551487878     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-09-00072.1     Document Type: Article

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