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Table 2 Net ecosystem exchange in similar environments.

From: Seasonal variation of carbon fluxes in a sparse savanna in semi arid Sudan

Site

Vegetation

MAP

NEE [g C m-2]

Ref.

   

Annual

Monthly

Daily

 
    

Dry

Wet

Dry

Wet

 

Baja

Desert shrub

174

-39, -52

0.7 – 25

-12 to -41

0.41

-0.482

[28]

Demokeya

Sparse savanna

320

-

-

-

-0.2

-1.8

This study

Maun

Savanna woodland

464

12

-

-

1.2 – 2.4

-0.6 to -2.4

[1]

Hapex

Sahelian fallow savanna

495

-32

-

-

≈0.3

0.6 to -3.6

[23]

Virgina Park

Open woodland savanna

667

441

≈6

14 to -52

  

[57]

Bontioli

Shrub dominated savanna

926

-179, -429

5–203

-35 to -1753

0.2–0.4

-1.4 to -5.9

[22]

Aguas Emendadas

Cerrado

1500

-

-

-

0.6

-1.2

[60]

  1. MAP, Mean Annual Precipitation, mm yr-1.
  2. NEE – negative values denote uptake.
  3. 1 Not presented in paper calculated as Monthly NEE/30.
  4. 2 Averaged for the period July 2001–March 2003.
  5. 3 Estimated from Fig. 4a in [22].