Carbon pools and ecosystem properties along a latitudinal gradient in northern Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 136, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 135-145

  Vucetich, J A ^a   Reed, D D ^a   Breymeyer, A ^c   Degorski M ^c   Mroz, G D ^a   Solon, J ^c   Roo Zielinska, E ^c   Noble, R ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND SPATIAL ORGANIZATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Carbon budget; Climate change; Latitudinal gradient; Pinus sylvestris; Scots pine

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PINE;

EID: 0034308259     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00288-1     Document Type: Article

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