Alternative method for estimating aboveground net primary productivity applied to balsam fir stands in eastern Canada

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1193-1201

  Lavigne, M B ^a   Foster, R J ^a   Goodine, G ^a   Bernier, P Y ^a   Ung, C H ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ECOSYSTEMS; HARVESTING; PRODUCTIVITY; VEGETATION;

ABOVEGROUND NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY (ANPP); CARBON-SINK ACTIVITY; FOLIAR PRODUCTION;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ESTIMATION METHOD; LITTERFALL; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ABIES AMABILIS; DATA PROCESSING; ECOSYSTEMS; FOLIAR ANALYSIS; HARVESTING; PLANTS; PRODUCTIVITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA;

EID: 24644471491     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-052     Document Type: Article

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