The carbon cycle in Mexico: Past, present and future of C stocks and fluxes

Biogeosciences

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 223-238

  Murray Tortarolo, G ^a   Friedlingstein, P ^a   Sitch, S ^a   Jaramillo, V J ^b   Murguia Flores, F ^c   Anav, A ^a   Liu, Y ^d   Arneth, A ^e   Arvanitis, A ^e   Harper, A ^a   Jain, A ^f   Kato, E ^g   Koven, C ^h   Poulter, B ⁱ   Stocker, B D ^j   Wiltshire, A ^k   Zaehle, S ^l   Zeng, N ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^g INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ENERGY   (Japan)

^h LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^l MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^m Bldg 142   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; DROUGHT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FIELD METHOD; FUTURE PROSPECT; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESIDENCE TIME; SATELLITE DATA; SHRUBLAND; SOIL CARBON; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84961348079     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-13-223-2016     Document Type: Article

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