Pan-Arctic modelling of net ecosystem exchange of CO2

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1624, 2013, Pages

  Shaver, G R ^a   Rastetter, E B ^a   Salmon, V ^a,b   Street, L E ^a,c   van de Weg, M J ^a,d   Rocha, A ^a,e   van Wijk, M T ^f,g   Williams, M ^g  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arctic carbon cycling; Carbon cycle modelling; Net ecosystem exchange of carbon; Pan Arctic comparisons; Tundra

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIGHT EFFECT; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SUBARCTIC REGION; TUNDRA;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; GREENLAND; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; SOIL;

AIR; ARCTIC; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

AIR; ARCTIC REGIONS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84893003979     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0485     Document Type: Article

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