Phenology and carbon dioxide source/sink strength of a subalpine grassland in response to an exceptionally short snow season

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Galvagno, M ^a   Wohlfahrt, G ^b   Cremonese, E ^a   Rossini, M ^c   Colombo, R ^c   Filippa, G ^a   Julitta, T ^c   Manca, G ^d   Siniscalco, C ^e   Morra Di Cella, U ^a   Migliavacca, M ^d  

^a Environmental Protection Agency of Aosta Valley   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

carbon uptake period; eddy covariance; extreme events; net ecosystem exchange; snowmelt

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORESTRY; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

CARBON UPTAKE; EDDY COVARIANCE; EXTREME EVENTS; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; SNOWMELT;

SNOW;

CARBON DIOXIDE; EDDY COVARIANCE; EXTREME EVENT; GRASSLAND; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PHENOLOGY; SNOW; SNOWMELT; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84880890076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/2/025008     Document Type: Article

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