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The analysis indicated that the climate patterns were important factors affecting the spatial variation of ecosystem carbon fluxes in different regions of the Northern Hemisphere. In addition to climatic factors, biological factor (vegetation) and land use types are supposed to affect the ecosystem carbon exchange processes (Chapin et al. 2002). For example, the difference in leaf area and growing season length of vegetation will cause spatial variability of carbon fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems (Paster and Post 1993; Potter et al. 1993; Kato and Tang 2008; Baldocchi et al. 2001; Churkina et al. 2005). In addition, the difference in soil conditions is another important potential factor affecting the spatial pattern of carbon fluxes. For example, differences in soil organic carbon content drive the soil respiration of RE greatly varied across space (Gough and Seiler 2004; Rodeghier et al. 2005; Yu et al. 2010; Zheng et al. 2010). Therefore, in order to comprehensively understand the regulatory mechanisms for the spatial variation of carbon fluxes in the Northern Hemisphere, it is necessary to synthetically analyze the effects of climate, vegetation, and soil factors on carbon fluxes and their inner hierarchical relationships.
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Chen, Z. (2018). Mechanisms for Spatial Pattern of Carbon Fluxes. In: Spatial Patterns and Mechanisms for Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Fluxes in the Northern Hemisphere. Springer Theses. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7703-6_7
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