Reduced diurnal temperature range does not change warming impacts on ecosystem carbon balance of Mediterranean grassland mesocosms

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3263-3273

  Phillips, Claire L ^a,b   Gregg, Jillian W ^a   Wilson, John K ^a  

^a Research Associates   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric warming; Carbon; Diurnal temperature range; Grassland; Respiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE EFFECT; DIURNAL VARIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GRASSLAND; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053538474     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02483.x     Document Type: Article

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