NEP of a Swiss subalpine forest is significantly driven not only by current but also by previous year's weather

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1627-1635

  Zielis, S ^a   Etzold, S ^b   Zweifel, R ^b   Eugster, W ^a   Haeni, M ^a   Buchmann, N ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84898814898     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-1627-2014     Document Type: Article

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