Increasing water and nitrogen availability enhanced net ecosystem CO2 assimilation of a temperate semiarid steppe

Plant and Soil

Volumn 349, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 227-240

  Yan, Liming ^a,b   Chen, Shiping ^a   Huang, Jianhui ^a   Lin, Guanghui ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecosystem respiration; Gross ecosystem photosynthesis; Net ecosystem CO2 exchange; Nitrogen; Precipitation; Semiarid steppe

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; GROWING SEASON; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RESPIRATION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; STEPPE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UREA; WATER AVAILABILITY;

EID: 82555194077     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0864-1     Document Type: Article

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