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            https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-6-1027-2009
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                the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
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                    https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-6-1027-2009
                    © Author(s) 2009. This work is distributed under 
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                the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Precipitation as driver of carbon fluxes in 11 African ecosystems
L. Merbold
                                            Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, P.O. Box 100164, 07701 Jena, Germany
                                        
                                    J. Ardö
                                            Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystems Analysis, Lund University Sölvegatan 12, 22362, Lund, Sweden
                                        
                                    A. Arneth
                                            Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystems Analysis, Lund University Sölvegatan 12, 22362, Lund, Sweden
                                        
                                    R. J. Scholes
                                            Natural Resources and Environment, CSIR, P.O. Box 395, Pretoria, South Africa
                                        
                                    Y. Nouvellon
                                            CIRAD, Persyst, UPR80, TA B-80/D, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
                                        
                                    
                                            UR2PI, BP 1291, Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo
                                        
                                    A. de Grandcourt
                                            CIRAD, Persyst, UPR80, TA B-80/D, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
                                        
                                    
                                            UR2PI, BP 1291, Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo
                                        
                                    S. Archibald
                                            Natural Resources and Environment, CSIR, P.O. Box 395, Pretoria, South Africa
                                        
                                    J. M. Bonnefond
                                            INRA-EPHYSE, BP 81, 33883 Villenave d'Ornon Cedex, France
                                        
                                    N. Boulain
                                            UMR Hydrosciences, IRD, BP 64501, 34394 Monpellier Cedex 5, France
                                        
                                    N. Brueggemann
                                            Atmospheric Environmental Research Division, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
                                        
                                    C. Bruemmer
                                            Biometeorology and Soil Physics Group, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, V6T 1ZA, Vancouver, Canada
                                        
                                    B. Cappelaere
                                            UMR Hydrosciences, IRD, BP 64501, 34394 Monpellier Cedex 5, France
                                        
                                    E. Ceschia
                                            CESBIO, 18 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31401 Toulouse Cedex 9, France
                                        
                                    H. A. M. El-Khidir
                                            Agricultural Research Cooperation, El Obeid Research Station, P.O. Box 429, 51111, El Obeid, Sudan
                                        
                                    B. A. El-Tahir
                                            Agricultural Research Cooperation, El Obeid Research Station, P.O. Box 429, 51111, El Obeid, Sudan
                                        
                                    U. Falk
                                            Department of Ecology and Resource Management, Center for Development Research, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
                                        
                                    J. Lloyd
                                            Earth and Biosphere Institute, School of Geography, University of Leeds, LS29JT, UK
                                        
                                    L. Kergoat
                                            CESBIO, 18 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31401 Toulouse Cedex 9, France
                                        
                                    V. Le Dantec
                                            CESBIO, 18 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31401 Toulouse Cedex 9, France
                                        
                                    E. Mougin
                                            CESBIO, 18 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31401 Toulouse Cedex 9, France
                                        
                                    M. Muchinda
                                            Zambia Meteorological Department, Haile Sellasie Avenue, City Airport, P. O. Box 30200, 10101 Lusaka, Zambia
                                        
                                    M. M. Mukelabai
                                            Zambia Meteorological Department, Haile Sellasie Avenue, City Airport, P. O. Box 30200, 10101 Lusaka, Zambia
                                        
                                    D. Ramier
                                            UMR Hydrosciences, IRD, BP 64501, 34394 Monpellier Cedex 5, France
                                        
                                    O. Roupsard
                                            CIRAD, Persyst, UPR80, TA B-80/D, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
                                        
                                    
                                            CATIE, 7170 Turrialba, Costa Rica
                                        
                                    F. Timouk
                                            CESBIO, 18 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31401 Toulouse Cedex 9, France
                                        
                                    E. M. Veenendaal
                                            Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology Group, Wageningen University, Droevendaalse Steeg 3a, 6708 PD Wageningen, The Netherlands
                                        
                                    W. L. Kutsch
                                            Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, P.O. Box 100164, 07701 Jena, Germany
                                        
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- Final revised paper (published on 18 Jun 2009)
 - Preprint (discussion started on 27 Oct 2008)
 
Interactive discussion
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                RC S2406:  'Review 1', Anonymous Referee #2, 13 Dec 2008
                
                    
            
        
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                RC S2469:  'Review of Merbold et al.', Niall Hanan, 17 Dec 2008
                
                    
            
        
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                EC S2524:  'Editor comment', Georg Wohlfahrt, 23 Dec 2008
                
                    
            
        
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                AC S3136:  'Final response ', Werner Leo Kutsch, 26 Feb 2009
                
                    
            
        
             
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