Summer rain pulses may stimulate a CO2 release rather than absorption in desert halophyte communities

Plant and Soil

Volumn 373, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 799-811

  Liu, Ran ^a   Cieraad, Ellen ^b   Li, Yan ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Desert halophyte community; Ecosystem respiration; Eddy covariance; Flux duration analysis; Net ecosystem carbon exchange; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEREAL; DESERT; HALOPHYTE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL RESPIRATION;

HALOXYLON; TAMARIX;

EID: 84888296958     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-013-1839-1     Document Type: Article

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