The effects of grazing and watering on ecosystem CO2 fluxes vary by community phenology

Environmental Research

Volumn 144, Issue , 2016, Pages 64-71

  Han, Juanjuan ^a,b   Li, Linghao ^b   Chu, Housen ^d   Miao, Yuan ^e   Chen, Shiping ^b   Chen, Jiquan ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon; Desert steppe; Grazing; Human disturbances; Phenology; Water

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; WATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT; DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAZING; GROWING SEASON; LEAF AREA INDEX; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PHENOLOGY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STEPPE; WATER;

ARTICLE; DESERT; ECOSYSTEM; GRAZING; GROWING SEASON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; PHENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STEPPE; VEGETATION; WATER ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CARBON CYCLE; CHINA; DESERT CLIMATE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRASSLAND; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHINA; DESERT CLIMATE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRASSLAND; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 84949531130     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.09.002     Document Type: Article

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