Growing season and spatial variations of carbon fluxes of Arctic and boreal ecosystems in Alaska (USA)

Ecological Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1798-1816

  Ueyama, Masahito ^a   Iwata, Hiroki ^b   Harazono, Yoshinobu ^a,b   Euskirchen, Eugénie S ^b   Oechel, Walter C ^c,d   Zona, Donatella ^c,e  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alaska; Boreal forest; CO2 fluxes; Ecosystem respiration; Eddy covariance; Gross primary productivity; Net ecosystem exchange; Trajectory of the Arctic; Tundra

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON FLUX; DISTURBANCE; EDDY COVARIANCE; GROWING SEASON; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TUNDRA;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; PLANT; SEASON; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ARCTIC REGIONS; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PLANTS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84891290113     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0875.1     Document Type: Article

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