A regional forest ecosystem carbon budget model: Impacts of forest age structure and landuse history

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-47

  Song, Conghe ^a   Woodcock, Curtis E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon budget; Ecosystem modelling; Forest age structure; Landuse history; Terrestrial ecosystems

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE CHANGE; STAND STRUCTURE;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037883687     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(03)00013-9     Document Type: Article

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