When do replanted sub-boreal clearcuts become net sinks for CO2?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 239, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 210-216

  Fredeen, Arthur L ^a,b   Waughtal, Jennifer D ^b   Pypker, Thomas G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bowen ratio; Carbon; Clearcuts; Eddy covariance; Sub boreal

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; EDDY CURRENTS; FORESTRY;

BOREAL FORESTS; BOWEN RATIO; CLEARCUTS; EDDY COVARIANCE;

HARVESTING;

BOREAL FOREST; BOWEN RATIO; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; CLEARCUTTING; EDDY COVARIANCE; GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; HARVESTING; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; REFORESTATION; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; EDDY CURRENTS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PRINCE GEORGE;

PICEA;

EID: 33846187559     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.12.011     Document Type: Article

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