Partitioning the net ecosystem carbon balance of a semiarid steppe into biological and geological components

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 118, Issue 1-3, 2014, Pages 83-101

  Rey, A ^a,c   Belelli Marchesini, L ^b,d   Etiope, G ^c,e   Papale, D ^b   Canfora, E ^b   Valentini, R ^b,f   Pegoraro, E ^g  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^f CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Ecosystem respiration; Geofluid circulation; Geological carbon sources; Gross primary productivity; NDVI; NECB partitioning; Semiarid ecosystems

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON FLUX; GRASS; NDVI; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; SEMIARID REGION; STEPPE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84896330374     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-013-9907-4     Document Type: Article

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