Factors influencing inter-annual variability of growing season optimum gross primary production and ecosystem respiration in a semi-arid savanna ecosystem: A case study of Skukuza, South Africa
Kanisios Mukwashi1, Christian Brummer1, Eva Maria Falge2, Azwitamisi Eric Mudau3, Victor Odipo4, Christiane Schmullius4, Ulfia Lenfers5, Thomas Thiel-Clemen5, Christoph K Thomas6, Werner Leo Kutsch7, Robert J Scholes8 and Christian Berger4, (1)Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute, Braunschweig, Germany, (2)Thunen Institute of Climate Smart Agriculture, Braunschweig, Germany, (3)Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa, (4)Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Department for Earth Observation, Jena, Germany, (5)Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany, (6)University of Bayreuth, Micrometeorology Group, Bayreuth, Germany, (7)ICOS ERIC, Head Office, Helsinki, Finland, (8)University of Witwatersrand, Global Change Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa