Automated measurements of CO2 exchange at the moss surface of a black spruce forest

Tree Physiology

Volumn 17, Issue 8-9, 1997, Pages 537-542

  Goulden, M L ^a   Crill, P M ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; BOREAS; Feather moss; Gas exchange methodology; Gross production; Photosynthesis; Soil respiration; Sphagnum moss; Taiga

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; PICEA MARIANA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 0030921227     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/17.8-9.537     Document Type: Article

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