Leaf and fine root carbon stocks and turnover are coupled across Arctic ecosystems

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3668-3676

  Sloan, Victoria L ^a,d   Fletcher, Benjamin J ^a   Press, Malcolm C ^b   Williams, Mathew ^c   Phoenix, Gareth K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Biomass; Carbon stocks; Fine root; Leaf area index; Root:leaf ratio; Turnover

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FINE ROOT; LEAF AREA INDEX; PLANT COMMUNITY; ROOT; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL CARBON; VEGETATION;

ARCTIC;

AGAVE AMERICANA;

CARBON;

AGRICULTURE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON STOCKS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; FINE ROOT; FINLAND; LEAF AREA; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; ROOT:LEAF RATIO; SWEDEN; THEORETICAL MODEL; TURNOVER TIME;

ARCTIC; BIOMASS; CARBON STOCKS; FINE ROOT; LEAF AREA INDEX; ROOT:LEAF RATIO; TURNOVER;

AGRICULTURE; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIOMASS; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; FINLAND; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84887428930     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12322     Document Type: Article

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