Differential effects of extreme drought on production and respiration: Synthesis and modeling analysis

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 621-633

  Shi, Z ^a   Thomey, M L ^b   Mowll, W ^c   Litvak, M ^b   Brunsell, N A ^d   Collins, S L ^b   Pockman, W T ^b   Smith, M D ^c   Knapp, A K ^c   Luo, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; BIOME; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; EXTREME EVENT; GRASSLAND; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; RESPIRATION; SOIL CARBON;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 84893633062     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-621-2014     Document Type: Article

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