Grazing alters the biophysical regulation of carbon fluxes in a desert steppe

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Shao, Changliang ^a,b   Chen, Jiquan ^a,b   Li, Linghao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon; ecosystem respiration; eddy covariance; gross ecosystem production; net ecosystem exchange

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FORESTRY;

CHANGING CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM RESPIRATION; EDDY-COVARIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROSS ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIONS; LAND-USE CHANGE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PHOTOSYNTHETIC CAPACITY;

CARBON;

BIOPHYSICS; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LAND USE CHANGE; MICROCLIMATE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; STEPPE;

MONGOLIAN PLATEAU;

EID: 84880913412     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/2/025012     Document Type: Article

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