Precipitation legacy effects on dryland ecosystem carbon fluxes: Direction, magnitude and biogeochemical carryovers

Biogeosciences Discussions

Volumn 12, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 9613-9650

  Shen, W ^a   Jenerette, G D ^b   Hui, D ^c   Scott, R L ^d  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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EID: 84961804581     PISSN: 18106277     EISSN: 18106285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bgd-12-9613-2015     Document Type: Article

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