Carbon balance of a grazed savanna grassland ecosystem in South Africa

Räsänen, Matti; Aurela, Mika; Vakkari, Ville; Beukes, Johan P.; Tuovinen, Juha-Pekka; Van Zyl, Pieter G.; Josipovic, Miroslav; Venter, Andrew D.; Jaars, Kerneels; Siebert, Stefan J.; Laurila, Tuomas; Rinne, Janne; Laakso, Lauri

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-1039-2017

Articles | Volume 14, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-1039-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-1039-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 5

Research article

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07 Mar 2017

Research article |

| 07 Mar 2017

Carbon balance of a grazed savanna grassland ecosystem in South Africa

Matti Räsänen, Mika Aurela, Ville Vakkari, Johan P. Beukes, Juha-Pekka Tuovinen, Pieter G. Van Zyl, Miroslav Josipovic, Andrew D. Venter, Kerneels Jaars, Stefan J. Siebert, Tuomas Laurila, Janne Rinne, and Lauri Laakso

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RC1: 'Review of the manuscript Carbon balance of a grazed savanna grassland ecosystem in South Africa by Räsänen et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 01 Aug 2016
- AC1: 'Response to reviewer 1', Matti Räsänen, 26 Oct 2016
RC2: 'Review of Carbon balance of a grazed savanna grassland ecosystem in South Africa by Rasanen et al. 2016', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 Aug 2016
- AC2: 'Response to reviewer 2', Matti Räsänen, 26 Oct 2016

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (29 Oct 2016) by Xinming Wang

AR by Matti Räsänen on behalf of the Authors (31 Oct 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (17 Nov 2016) by Xinming Wang

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (28 Nov 2016)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (06 Dec 2016)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (08 Dec 2016) by Xinming Wang

AR by Matti Räsänen on behalf of the Authors (21 Dec 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (23 Dec 2016) by Xinming Wang

AR by Matti Räsänen on behalf of the Authors (04 Jan 2017)

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This study presents measurements of carbon dioxide exchange between the atmosphere and a grazed savanna grassland ecosystem for 3 years. We find that the yearly variation in carbon dioxide balance is largely determined by the changes in the early wet season balance (September to November) and in the mid-growing season balance (December to January).