Effects of climate change and nitrogen deposition on the carbon sequestration of a forest ecosystem in the boreal zone

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1490-1501

  Mäkipää, Raisa ^a   Karjalainen, Tiom ^b   Pussinen, Ari ^b   Kellomäki, Seppo ^c  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN;

FINLAND;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0033306490     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x99-123     Document Type: Article

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