Montane ecosystem productivity responds more to global circulation patterns than climatic trends

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Desai, A R ^a,b   Wohlfahrt, G ^c,d   Zeeman, M J ^b   Katata, G ^b,e   Eugster, W ^f   Montagnani, L ^g,h   Gianelle, D ^i,j   Mauder, M ^b   Schmid, H P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^e JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g Autonomous Province of Bolzano   (Italy)

^h FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

ⁱ RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^j Foxlab Joint CNR FEM Initiative   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Alpine ecology; atmospheric circulation; climatic change and variability; ecosystem carbon uptake; Foehn

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH (PLANET); ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; METEOROLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION PATTERNS; CLIMATIC CHANGES; ECOSYSTEM CARBONS; ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY; FOEHN; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; WIND CIRCULATION PATTERNS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOEHN; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MOUNTAIN REGION; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ALPS; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84959421972     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/2/024013     Document Type: Article

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