Nitrogen effect on carbon-water coupling in forests, grasslands, and shrublands in the arid western United States

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Felzer, Benjamin S ^b   Cronin, Timothy W ^a   Melillo, Jerry M ^c   Kicklighter, David W ^c   Schlosser, C Adam ^a   Dangal, Shree R S ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; DATA SET; DOWNSCALING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; GREENHOUSE GAS; MINERALIZATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RUNOFF; SHRUBLAND; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WARMING; WATER AVAILABILITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052321449     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JG001621     Document Type: Article

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