• Type
    Book Section
  • Year
    2015
  • Author(s)
    Dario Papale, Mirco Migliavacca, Edoardo Cremonese, Alessandro Cescatti, Giorgio Alberti, Nicola Arriga, Manuela Balzarolo, Luca Belelli, Eleonora Canfora, Raffaele Casa, Pierpaolo Duce, Osvaldo Facini, Marta Galvagno, Lorenzo Genesio, Damiano Gianelle, Enzo Magliulo, Giorgio Matteucci, Leonardo Montagnani, Fabio Petrella, Andrea Pitacco, Guenther Seufert, Donatella Spano, Paolo Stefani, Francesco Vaccari, Riccardo Valentini
  • Tags
    Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) National Single point in time
  • Language
    English
  • Access
    Behind paywall
  • DOI
  • Citation
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  • ID
    2008
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Carbon, water and energy fluxes of terrestrial ecosystems in Italy

In this chapter the Eddy Covariance network of Italy is presented, with a short introduction to each of the 29 sites that were active during the CarboItaly project. These sites provided a unique dataset for a better study and understanding of the carbon cycle of terrestrial ecosystems and the links between carbon sink capacity and the main environmental factors. After a number of examples of Eddy Covariance time series where it is possible to see the effect of interannual climate variability and disturbances and managements practices, an analysis of the role of the Carbon Uptake Period in the total Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) definition and a study of the effect of temperature and precipitation on the interannual variability of NEE are presented in order to show the way these data can contribute to a better understanding of the role and response of ecosystems to climate change.


In: Valentini R., Miglietta F. (eds) The Greenhouse Gas Balance of Italy. Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

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