Biomass and composition of understory vegetation and the forest floor carbon stock across Siberian larch and mountain birch chronosequences in Iceland

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 881-888

  Sigurdsson, Bjarni D ^a   Magnusson, Borgthor ^b   Elmarsdottir, Asrun ^b   Bjarnadottir, Brynhildur ^a,c  

^a Icelandic Forest Research   (Iceland)

^b ICELANDIC INSTITUTE OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Iceland)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Betula pubescens; Carbon sequestration; Larix sibirica; Understory; Woody debris

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHRONOSEQUENCE; FOREST FLOOR; UNDERSTORY; WOODY DEBRIS;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

BETULA PUBESCENS; BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA; LARIX; LARIX SIBIRICA;

EID: 30444453432     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2005079     Document Type: Conference Paper

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