Carbon reservoirs in peatlands and forests in the boreal regions of Finland

Silva Fennica

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-25

  Kauppi, Pekka E ^a   Posch, Maximilian ^b   Hänninen, Pekka ^c   Henttonen, Helena M ^a   Ihalainen, Antti ^a   Lappalainen, Eino ^d   Starr, Michael ^e   Tamminen, Pekka ^e  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^d Regional Office for Mid Finland   (Finland)

^e FFRI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biomass carbon; Boreal forests; Carbon pools; Carbon reservoirs; Ecological temperature gradient; Global carbon cycle; Global warming; Peat reserves

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001908774     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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