The Full Annual Carbon Balance of Boreal Forests Is Highly Sensitive to Precipitation

Environmental Science and Technology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 315-319

  Oquist M G ^a   Bishop, K ^a,b   Grelle, A ^a   Klemedtsson, L ^c   Kohler S J ^a   Laudon, H ^a   Lindroth, A ^d   Ottosson Lofvenius M ^a   Wallin, M B ^b   Nilsson, M B ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84969138526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ez500169j     Document Type: Article

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