The muddle of ages, turnover, transit, and residence times in the carbon cycle

Global Change Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1763-1773

  Sierra, Carlos A ^a   Müller, Markus ^a   Metzler, Holger ^a   Manzoni, Stefano ^b   Trumbore, Susan E ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

carbon cycle models; carbon fluxes; carbon stocks; compartment models; dynamical systems; model diagnostics; radiocarbon; reservoir theory

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FLUX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPARTMENTALIZATION; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; RESIDENCE TIME;

CARBON;

CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT;

CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 85005817991     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13556     Document Type: Article

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