A global trend in belowground carbon allocation: Can we use the relationship at smaller scales?

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1750-1755

  Gower, Stith T ^a   Pongracic, Silvia ^b,c,d   Landsberg, Joe J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d APM Forests   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon allocation; Carbon budget; CO2 flux; Litterfall; Root production; Soil surface; Temperate forests; Total root

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000261865     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265780     Document Type: Article

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