Productivity of forests in the eurosiberian boreal region and their potential to act as a carbon sink - a synthesis

Global Change Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 703-722

  Schulze, E D ^a   Lloyd, J ^a   Kelliher, F M ^b   Wirth, C ^a   Rebmann, C ^a   Luhker, B ^a   Mund, M ^a   Knohl, A ^a   Milyukova, I M ^c   Schulze, W ^d   Ziegler, W ^e   Varlagin, A B ^c   Sogachev, A F ^c   Valentini, R ^f   Dore, S ^f   Grigoriev, S ^g   Kolle, O ^a   Panfyorov, M I ^c   Tchebakova, N ^h   Vygodskaya, N N ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^g MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^h ENERGY SYSTEMS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Europe; Net biome productivity; Net ecosystem productivity; Net primary productivity; Siberia

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SINK; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

EUROPE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0032720352     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.1999.00266.x     Document Type: Article

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