A long-term record of carbon exchange in a boreal black spruce forest: means, responses to interannual variability, and decadal trends

Global Change Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 577-590

  Dunn, Allison L ^a   Barford, Carol C ^b   Wofsy, Steven C ^a   Goulden, Michael L ^c   Daube, Bruce C ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black spruce; Boreal; Decomposition; Global change; Interannual variability; Netecosystem exchange; Peatland; Photosynthesis; Picea mariana; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; DECADAL VARIATION; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOIL CARBON;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA;

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 33947408822     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01221.x     Document Type: Article

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