Ecosystem Carbon Fluxes in Response to Warming and Clipping in a Tallgrass Prairie

Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 948-961

  Niu, Shuli ^a,b   Sherry, Rebecca A ^b   Zhou, Xuhui ^b,c   Luo, Yiqi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

biofuel harvest; C3; C4; carbon fluxes; carbon sequestration; climate warming; feedback; optimum temperature; plant functional types

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIPPING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND USE CHANGE; MOWING; PRAIRIE; RESPIRATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 84881543832     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-013-9661-4     Document Type: Article

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