Carbon dioxide balance of subarctic tundra from plot to regional scales

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 437-452

  Marushchak, M E ^a,c   Kiepe, I ^b   Biasi, C ^a   Elsakov, V ^c   Friborg, T ^b   Johansson, T ^b   Soegaard, H ^b   Virtanen, T ^d   Martikainen, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE EFFECT; EDDY COVARIANCE; GROWING SEASON; LAND COVER; LEAF AREA INDEX; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUICKBIRD; RESPIRATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUBARCTIC REGION; TUNDRA; UPSCALING;

EUROPE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84873827066     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-437-2013     Document Type: Article

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