Autumn warming reduces the CO2 sink of a black spruce forest in interior Alaska based on a nine-year eddy covariance measurement

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1161-1173

  Ueyama, Masahito ^a,b   Iwata, Hiroki ^b,c   Harazono, Yoshinobu ^a,b  

^a Osaka City University   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alaska; Autumn warming; Black spruce; CO2 balance; Ecosystem respiration; Eddy covariance; Interannual variability; Net ecosystem exchange

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; AUTUMN; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVERGREEN TREE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

PICEA MARIANA;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ECOSYSTEM; SEASON; SPRUCE; TEMPERATURE; TREE; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; PICEA; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TREES; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84896708360     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12434     Document Type: Article

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