Carbon and nitrogen cycling in snow-covered environments

Geography Compass

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 682-699

  Brooks, Paul D ^a   Grogan, Paul ^b   Templer, Pamela H ^c   Groffman, Peter ^d   Öquist, Mats G ^e   Schimel, Josh ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NITROGEN CYCLE; SNOW COVER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; TRACE GAS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 80052881586     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2011.00420.x     Document Type: Review

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