Spatial patterns and climate drivers of carbon fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems of China

• Published in: Global change biology Vol. 19; no. 3; pp. 798 - 810
• Main Authors: Yu, Gui-Rui, Zhu, Xian-Jin, Fu, Yu-Ling, He, Hong-Lin, Wang, Qiu-Feng, Wen, Xue-Fa, Li, Xuan-Ran, Zhang, Lei-Ming, Zhang, Li, Su, Wen, Li, Sheng-Gong, Sun, Xiao-Min, Zhang, Yi-Ping, Zhang, Jun-Hui, Yan, Jun-Hua, Wang, Hui-Min, Zhou, Guang-Sheng, Jia, Bing-Rui, Xiang, Wen-Hua, Li, Ying-Nian, Zhao, Liang, Wang, Yan-Fen, Shi, Pei-Li, Chen, Shi-Ping, Xin, Xiao-Ping, Zhao, Feng-Hua, Wang, Yu-Ying, Tong, Cheng-Li
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2013; Wiley-Blackwell
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Carbon - analysis; Carbon sequestration; Carbon sinks; China; Climate Change; driving force; Ecosystem; ecosystem respiration; Forest ecosystems; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Grasslands; gross ecosystem productivity; Meadows; net ecosystem productivity; Precipitation; regional carbon budget; spatial variation; Steppes; Synecology; Temperate forests; Terrestrial ecosystems; Terrestrial environments; Asia; China; China, People's Rep; Productivity; driving force; Climate; regional carbon budget; gross ecosystem productivity; Environmental factor; Regional; terrestrial ecosystems; Spatial variation; net ecosystem productivity; Carbon; Spatial distribution; Ecosystem; China; ecosystem respiration; Respiration

Understanding the dynamics and underlying mechanism of carbon exchange between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere is one of the key issues in global change research. In this study, we quantified the carbon fluxes in different terrestrial ecosystems in China, and analyzed their spatial variati...