Cold season respiration across a low arctic landscape: The influence of vegetation type, snow depth, and interannual climatic variation

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 446-456

  Grogan, Paul ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE VARIATION; COLD AIR; DECIDUOUS TREE; GROWING SEASON; LANDSCAPE; LITTER; RESPIRATION; SEDGE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION TYPE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84870163919     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-44.4.446     Document Type: Article

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