Two decades of carbon flux from forests of the Pacific Northwest: Estimates from a new modeling strategy

BioScience

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 836-844

  Cohen, Warren B ^a   Harmon, Mark E ^b   Wallin, David O ^b,c   Fiorella, Maria ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030477891     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1312969     Document Type: Review

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