Temporal changes of forest net primary production and net ecosystem production in west central Canada associated with natural and anthropogenic disturbances

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2340-2351

  Li, Zhong ^a,b   Apps, Michael J ^a   Kurz, Werner A ^a   Banfield, Ed ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCES; ECOSYSTEM MODELING;

FORESTRY;

CARBON BUDGET; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1642271268     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-168     Document Type: Article

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