The legacy of harvest and fire on ecosystem carbon storage in a north temperate forest

Global Change Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1935-1949

  Gough, Christopher M ^a   Vogel, Christoph S ^b   Harrold, Katherine H ^c   George, Kristen ^d   Curtis, Peter S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspen; Carbon storage; Disturbance; Fire; Legacy effects; Logging; Net ecosystem production; Net primary production; Northern hardwoods; Succession

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FIRE; LOGGING (TIMBER); NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TEMPERATE FOREST;

GREAT LAKES; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548477184     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01406.x     Document Type: Article

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