How do variations in the temporal distribution of rainfall events affect ecosystem fluxes in seasonally water-limited Northern Hemisphere shrublands and forests?

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1007-1024

  Ross, I ^a   Misson, L ^a   Rambal, S ^a   Arneth, A ^b,c   Scott, R L ^d   Carrara, A ^e   Cescatti, A ^f   Genesio, L ^g  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

^f JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^g INSTITUTE OF BIOMETEOROLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON FLUX; EDDY COVARIANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; RAINFALL; RESPIRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHRUBLAND; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 84858711796     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-1007-2012     Document Type: Article

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