Response of plant biomass and soil respiration to experimental warming and precipitation manipulation in a Northern Great Plains grassland

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 173, Issue , 2013, Pages 40-52

  Flanagan, Lawrence B ^a   Sharp, Eric J ^a   Letts, Matthew G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecosystem photosynthesis; Eddy covariance; Net ecosystem productivity; Soil moisture; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EDDY COVARIANCE; GRASSLAND; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; OPEN-TOP CHAMBER; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOMASS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WARMING;

ALBERTA; CANADA; GREAT PLAINS; LETHBRIDGE;

EID: 84875087579     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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