Large carbon uptake by an unmanaged 250-year-old deciduous forest in Central Germany

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 118, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 151-167

  Knohl, Alexander ^a   Schulze, Ernst Detlef ^a   Kolle, Olaf ^a   Buchmann, Nina ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Carbon sink; Eddy covariance; Management; Net ecosystem exchange; Old growth

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EDDY COVARIANCE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

FAGUS;

EID: 0344232842     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(03)00115-1     Document Type: Article

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