Subterranean ventilation of allochthonous CO2 governs net CO2 exchange in a semiarid Mediterranean grassland

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 234-235, Issue , 2017, Pages 115-126

  López Ballesteros, Ana ^a,b   Serrano Ortiz, Penélope ^b,c   Kowalski, Andrew S ^b,c   Sánchez Cañete, Enrique P ^b,d   Scott, Russell L ^e   Domingo, Francisco ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b Centro Andaluz de Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e SOUTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Advective transport; Atmospheric pumping; Drought; Eddy covariance; Net CO2 flux; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC SINK; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; DROUGHT; EDDY COVARIANCE; GRASSLAND; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; SEMIARID REGION; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; VADOSE ZONE; VENTILATION;

SPAIN;

EID: 85007530417     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2016.12.021     Document Type: Article

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