Cloud shading and fog drip influence the metabolism of a coastal pine ecosystem

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 484-497

  Carbone, Mariah S ^a,b   Park Williams, A ^c   Ambrose, Anthony R ^d   Boot, Claudia M ^e   Bradley, Eliza S ^b   Dawson, Todd E ^d   Schaeffer, Sean M ^f   Schimel, Joshua P ^b   Still, Christopher J ^g  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^g OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

13C; Bishop pine; Cloud shading; Decomposition; Fog drip; Santa Cruz Island; Soil respiration; Stratus clouds

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLOUD COVER; COASTAL ZONE; DECOMPOSITION; EVAPORATION; FOG; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SOIL RESPIRATION; STRATUS;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PINE; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

CALIFORNIA; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; PINUS; WEATHER;

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; SANTA CRUZ ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

PINUS MURICATA;

EID: 84871931827     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12054     Document Type: Article

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