Landscape and environmental controls over leaf and ecosystem carbon dioxide fluxes under woody plant expansion

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1471-1483

  Barron Gafford, Greg A ^a   Scott, Russell L ^b   Jenerette, G Darrel ^c   Hamerlynck, Erik P ^b   Huxman, Travis E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eddy covariance; Landscape position; Mesquite (Prosopis velutina); Photosynthesis; Plant climate interactions; Semi arid; Temperature optima; Vegetation change; Woody plant encroachment

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATOLOGY; COEXISTENCE; EDDY COVARIANCE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SHRUB; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; WOODY PLANT;

POACEAE; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS VELUTINA;

EID: 84885852006     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12161     Document Type: Article

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