The relative controls of temperature, soil moisture, and plant functional group on soil CO2 efflux at diel, seasonal, and annual scales

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Barron Gafford, Greg A ^a   Scott, Russell L ^b   Jenerette, G Darrel ^c   Huxman, Travis E ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; DIEL VARIATION; DOMINANCE; EDDY COVARIANCE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASS; MICROHABITAT; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHENOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHRUB; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

PROSOPIS;

EID: 79952543372     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JG001442     Document Type: Article

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