Nitrogen restrictions buffer modeled interactions of water with the carbon cycle

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 218-232

  Huang, Yuanyuan ^a   Gerber, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon nitrogen interaction; drought; extreme; global model; water anomaly

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NITROGEN; RESPIRATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 84958109206     PISSN: 21698953     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JG003148     Document Type: Article

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