Carbon and water exchange in semiarid ecosystems in SE Spain

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1271-1281

  Domingo, F ^a   Serrano Ortiz, P ^a   Were, A ^b   Villagarcia L ^c   Garcia M ^d   Ramirez D A ^e   Kowalski, A S ^f   Moro, M J ^g   Rey, A ^a   Oyonarte, C ^h  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eddy covariance; Evapotranspiration; Modelling; Net ecosystem carbon balance; Photosynthesis; Respiration

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE; CARBON BALANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLOBAL CHANGE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; RESPIRATION; SEMIARID REGION; VULNERABILITY; WATER BUDGET;

SPAIN;

EID: 80053096401     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.06.018     Document Type: Article

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