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Spatial variations in terrestrial net ecosystem productivity and its local indicators
Erqian Cui
Zhejiang Tiantong Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research
Station, Shanghai Key Lab for Urban Ecological Processes and
Eco-Restoration, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China
Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
Research Center for Global Change and Ecological Forecasting, East
China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
Chenyu Bian
Zhejiang Tiantong Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research
Station, Shanghai Key Lab for Urban Ecological Processes and
Eco-Restoration, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China
Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
Research Center for Global Change and Ecological Forecasting, East
China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University,
Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
Shuli Niu
Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling,
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Department of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Yingping Wang
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, PMB 1, Aspendale, Victoria 3195,
Australia
Jianyang Xia
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Zhejiang Tiantong Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research
Station, Shanghai Key Lab for Urban Ecological Processes and
Eco-Restoration, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China
Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
Research Center for Global Change and Ecological Forecasting, East
China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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Mean annual net ecosystem productivity (NEP) is related to the magnitude of the carbon sink of a specific ecosystem, while its inter-annual variation (IAVNEP) characterizes the stability of such a carbon sink. Thus, a better understanding of the co-varying NEP and IAVNEP is critical for locating the major and stable carbon sinks on land. Based on daily NEP observations from eddy-covariance sites, we found local indicators for the spatially varying NEP and IAVNEP, respectively.
Mean annual net ecosystem productivity (NEP) is related to the magnitude of the carbon sink of a...
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