Net ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange dynamics in a Pinus cembra forest at the upper timberline in the Central Austrian Alps

Phyton - Annales Rei Botanicae

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 233-242

  Wieser, G ^a   Stohr D ^b  

^a Abt Ökophysiologie der Alpinen Waldgrenze   (Austria)

^b Amt der Tiroler Landesregierung   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Cembran pine; Ecosystem respiration; Gross primary production; High elevation forest; Net ecosystem carbon uptake; Net ecosystem production; Timberline ecotone

Indexed keywords

PINUS CEMBRA;

EID: 31544471480     PISSN: 00792047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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