The Carbon Cycle of a Maritime Ancient Temperate Broadleaved Woodland at Seasonal and Annual Scales

Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-15

  Fenn, K ^a,b,c   Malhi, Y ^a   Morecroft, M ^b,d   Lloyd, C ^b   Thomas, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

allocation; component; CUE; ecosystem respiration; GPP; NPP

Indexed keywords

EID: 84917705590     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-014-9793-1     Document Type: Article

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