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Original Articles

Carbon cycling in extratropical terrestrial ecosystems of the Northern Hemisphere during the 20th century: a modeling analysis of the influences of soil thermal dynamics

Q. ZhuangDepartment of Biology andWildlife, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK99775, USA;;The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MAo02543, USA;Correspondence[email protected]
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A. D. McGuireU.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, 214 Irving I Building, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK99775, USA;
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J. M. MelilloThe Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MAo02543, USA;
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J. S. CleinThe Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK99775, USA;
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R. J. DargavilleEcosystem Dynamics and the Atmosphere, NCAR, PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO80305, USA;
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D. W. KicklighterThe Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MAo02543, USA;
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R. B. MyneniDepartment of Geography, Boston University, 675 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA02215, USA;
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J. DongNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 923, Greenbelt, MD20771, USA;
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V. E. RomanovskyGeophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK99775, USA;
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J. HardenU.S. Geological Survey, ms 962, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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J. E. HobbieThe Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MAo02543, USA;
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Pages 751-776 | Received 15 Aug 2002, Accepted 02 Jan 2003, Published online: 15 Dec 2016

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