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Soil organic matter turnover is governed by accessibility not recalcitrance
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Mechanisms to mitigate global climate change by sequestering carbon (C) in different ‘sinks’ have been proposed as at least temporary measures. Of the major...
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Interactive influences of ozone and climate on streamflow of forested watersheds
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The capacity of forests to mitigate global climate change can be negatively influenced by tropospheric ozone that impairs both photosynthesis and stomatal contr...
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Hydrology, forests and precipitation recycling: a reply to van der Ent et al
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We warmly welcome the debate our article on the relationship between forest cover and water yield has inspired.....We read with general satisfaction their view ...
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CO2 emissions from land-use change affected more by nitrogen cycle, than by the choice of land-cover data
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The high uncertainty in land-based CO2 fluxes estimates is thought to be mainly due to uncertainty in not only quantifying historical changes among forests, cro...
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CO2, Forest Management, Climate Change, Grasslands, Forests, Nitrogen availability, Crops and cropland, Land management, Land Use, Nitrogen fertilization, CO2 a...
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Annual plants change in size over a century of observations
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Studies have documented changes in animal body size over the last century, but very little is known about changes in plant sizes, even though reduced ...
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Temperature, Plasticity, Land cover, Cryptantha pterocarya, Gilia inconspicua, Climate Impacts, Eriastrum signatum, Leaf size, Forbs, Heat, Plant size, Flowerin...
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Post-clearcut dynamics of carbon, water and energy exchanges in a midlatitude temperate, deciduous broadleaf forest environment
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Clearcutting and other forest disturbances perturb carbon, water, and energy balances in significant ways, with corre- sponding influences on Earth’s climate ...
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Mountain landscapes offer few opportunities for high-elevation tree species migration
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Climate change is anticipated to alter plant species distributions. Regional context, notably the spatial complexity of climatic gradients, may influence specie...
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Divergent phenological response to hydroclimate variability in forested mountain watersheds
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Mountain watersheds are primary sources of freshwater, carbon sequestration, and other ecosystem services. There is significant interest in the effects of clima...
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Mountains, Ecosystem Services, Leaf senescence, Elevation, Greenup, Urban flooding, Vegetation index (NDVI), Terrestrial ecosystems, Climate Change, Landscape s...
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Trend changes in global greening and browning: contribution of short-term trends to longer-term change
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Field observations and time series of vegetation greenness data from satellites provide evidence of changes in terres- trial vegetation activity over the past d...
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Increasing soil methane sink along a 120-year afforestation chronosequence is driven by soil moisture
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Upland soils are important sinks for atmospheric methane (CH4), a process essentially driven by methanotrophic bacteria. Soil CH4 uptake often depends on land u...
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Rethinking species’ ability to cope with rapid climate change
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Ongoing climate change is assumed to be exceptional because of its unprecedented velocity. However, new geophysical research suggests that dramatic climatic cha...
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Biogenic vs. geologic carbon emissions and forest biomass energy production
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n the current debate over the CO2 emissions implications of switching from fossil fuel energy sources to include a substantial amount of woody biomass energy, m...
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Bioenergy emissions, Carbon sink, Carbon stocks, Climate Change, Greenhouse gas accounting, Carbon cycle, Forest biomass, Biogenic carbon, Carbon debt, Carbon p...
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The outcome is in the assumptions: analyzing the effects on atmospheric CO2 levels of increased use of bioenergy from forest biomass
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Recently, several studies have quantified the effects on atmospheric CO2 concentration of an increased harvest level in forests. Although these studies agreed i...
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Mineral soil carbon fluxes in forests and implications for carbon balance assessments
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Forest carbon cycles play an important role in efforts to understand and mitigate climate change. Large amounts of carbon (C) are stored in deep mineral forest ...
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Methane emissions from sheep pasture, measured with an open-path eddy covariance system
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Methane (CH4) is an important greenhouse gas, contributing 0.4–0.5 W m␣2 to global warming. Methane emissions originate from several sources, including wetl...
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Temperature-growth divergence in white spruce forests of Old Crow Flats, Yukon Territory, and adjacent regions of northwestern North America
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We present a new 23-site network of white spruce ring-width chronologies near boreal treeline in Old Crow Flats, Yukon Territory, Canada. Most chronologies span...
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Fragmentation and thermal risks from climate change interact to affect persistence of native trout in the Colorado River basin
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Impending changes in climate will interact with other stressors to threaten aquatic ecosystems and their biota. Native Colorado River cutthroat trout (CRCT; Onc...
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Comparing carbon sequestration in temperate freshwater wetland communities
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High productivity and waterlogged conditions make many freshwater wetlands significant carbon sinks. Most wet- land carbon studies focus on boreal peatlands, ho...
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Streamflow, Carbon sink, Soil carbon, Climate Change, Wetlands, Sequestration, Carbon sequestration, Wetland biogeochemistry, Streams, Soil organic carbon (SOC)...
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Linking forest fires to lake metabolism and carbon dioxide emissions in the boreal region of Northern Quebec
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Natural fires annually decimate up to 1% of the forested area in the boreal region of Que ́bec, and represent a major structuring force in the region, creating...
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Climate change, income and happiness: An empirical study for Barcelona
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The present article builds upon the results of an empirical study exploring key factors which determine life satisfaction in Barcelona. Based on a sample of 840...
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Human priorities, Climate Impacts, Climate Adaptation, Consumption, Climate and society, Climate Change, Consumer demand, Global warming, Satisfaction, Tradeoff...
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