Sensitivity and uncertainty of the carbon balance of a Pacific Northwest Douglas-fir forest during an El Niño/La Niña cycle

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 123, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 201-219

  Morgenstern, Kai ^a   Black, T Andrew ^a   Humphreys, Elyn R ^a   Griffis, Timothy J ^b   Drewitt, Gordon B ^c   Cai, Tiebo ^a   Nesic, Zoran ^a   Spittlehouse, David L ^d   Livingston, Nigel J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon balance; Douglas fir; Ecosystem photosynthesis; Ecosystem respiration; Eddy covariance; Error analysis; Net ecosystem productivity

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; EDDY COVARIANCE; EL NINO; LA NINA; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [CANADA];

ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 2442570856     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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