Winter CO2 fluxes in a sub-alpine grassland in relation to snow cover, radiation and temperature

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 111, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 287-302

  Merbold, Lutz ^a   Rogiers, Nele ^b,c   Eugster, Werner ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CARBOMONT; Cold season respiration; Eddy covariance; Heat wave 2003; Mountain regions; Pastoral grazing ecosystems; Snow efflux

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FREEZING; GRASSLAND; HYSTERESIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROMETEOROLOGY; NUTRIENT LOSS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84873193459     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-011-9647-2     Document Type: Article

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