Dynamics of carbon stocks in soils and detritus across chronosequences of different forest types in the Pacific Northwest, USA

Global Change Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1470-1481

  Sun, Osbert J ^a   Campbell, John ^b   Law, Beverly E ^b   Wolf, Vernon ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon stock; Chronosequence; Climate; Disturbances; Forest ecosystem; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL CARBON;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

ABIES; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; PICEA; PICEA SITCHENSIS; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 1542766556     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2004.00829.x     Document Type: Article

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