Spatial patterns of aboveground production and mortality of woody biomass for eastern U.S. forests

Ecological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 968-980

  Brown, S L ^a,c   Schroeder, P E ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

^c WINROCK INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground net primary production; Biomass; Biomass expansion factors; Carbon budgets; Forest inventories; Hardwood forests; Mortality; Spruce fir forests; United States

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; FOREST; MORTALITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

(EAST); UNITED STATES;

ABIES; PICEA;

EID: 0033178486     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[0968:SPOAPA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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