Geologic carbon sources may confound ecosystem carbon balance estimates: Evidence from a semiarid steppe in the southeast of Spain

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Rey, A ^a,b   Etiope, G ^b,c   Belelli Marchesini, L ^d,e   Papale, D ^d   Valentini, R ^d,f  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; EDDY COVARIANCE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; SEMIARID REGION; STEPPE; THERMAL SPRING;

SPAIN;

EID: 84867202992     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JG001991     Document Type: Article

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