Seasonal variations in carbon dioxide exchange in an alpine wetland meadow on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Biogeosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1207-1221

  Zhao, L ^a   Li, J ^a,b   Xu, S ^a   Zhou, H ^a   Li, Y ^a   Gu, S ^a   Zhao, X ^a  

^a NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SINK; DECOMPOSITION; EDDY COVARIANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GAS EXCHANGE; GROWING SEASON; LEAF AREA INDEX; MAGNITUDE; MEADOW; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHRUBLAND; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEMPERATURE; WETLAND;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

KOBRESIA HUMILIS;

EID: 79959980208     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-1207-2010     Document Type: Article

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