Production, respiration, and overall carbon balance in an old-growth pseudotsuga-tsuga forest ecosystem

Ecosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 498-512

  Harmon, Mark E ^a   Bible, Ken ^b   Ryan, Michael G ^c   Shaw, David C ^b   Chen, H ^a   Klopatek, Jeffrey ^d   Li, Xia ^e  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autotrophic respiration; Carbon flux; Carbon stores; Decomposition; Gross primary production (GPP); Heterotrophic respiration; Net ecosystem production (NEP); Net primary production (NPP)

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON FLUX; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RESPIRATION; SOIL CARBON;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WIND RIVER EXPERIMENTAL FOREST;

ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; TSUGA;

EID: 2342525272     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-004-0140-9     Document Type: Article

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