Effects of grazing on CO2 balance in a semiarid steppe: Field observations and modeling

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1012-1023

  Kang, Xiaoming ^a   Hao, Yanbin ^a   Cui, Xiaoyong ^a   Chen, Huai ^b   Li, Changsheng ^c   Rui, Yichao ^d   Tian, Jianqing ^e   Kardol, Paul ^f   Zhong, Lei ^a   Wang, Jinzhi ^g   Wang, Yanfen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^f SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^g CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon budget; DNDC; Eddy covariance; Grassland; Grazing; Soil heterotrophic respiration

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; EDDY COVARIANCE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; RESPIRATION; STEPPE; WEATHER;

EID: 84878014768     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: 16147480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-013-0675-5     Document Type: Article

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