Upscaling of CO2 fluxes from heterogeneous tundra plant communities in Arctic Alaska

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Kade, Anja ^a   Bret Harte, M Syndonia ^a   Euskirchen, Eugénie S ^a   Edgar, Colin ^a   Fulweber, Randy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; EDDY COVARIANCE; GROWING SEASON; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESPIRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDGE; TUNDRA; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND; UPSCALING; VEGETATION TYPE;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870167308     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JG002065     Document Type: Article

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