Quantifying carbon budgets of conifer Mediterranean forest ecosystems, Turkey

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 119, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 527-543

  Evrendilek, Fatih ^a   Berberoglu, Suha ^b   Taskinsu Meydan, Sibel ^b   Yilmaz, Erhan ^a  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biological production; Carbon budget; Conifer mediterranean forests; Ecosystem carbon exchange; Turkey

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON BUDGETS; CONIFER MEDITERRANEAN FORESTS; ECOSYSTEM CARBON EXCHANGE;

BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; EXTRAPOLATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; NITROGEN; SOFTWOODS;

FORESTRY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON BUDGET; CONIFEROUS TREE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GAS EXCHANGE; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE TRANSPORT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CEDRUS; CONIFER; ECOSYSTEM REGENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; FOREST SOIL; GAS EXCHANGE; JUNIPERUS; LEAF LITTER; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; LITTER FALL; PINE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

BIOMASS; CARBON; CONIFEROPHYTA; ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; TURKEY;

BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; FORESTS; GEOCHEMISTRY; NITROGEN; SOFTWOODS;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

ABIES CILICICA; CEDRUS LIBANI; CONIFEROPHYTA; JUNIPERUS EXCELSA; PINUS BRUTIA; PINUS NIGRA;

EID: 33746816577     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-9041-4     Document Type: Article

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