Carbon allocation in forest ecosystems

Global Change Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2089-2109

  Litton, Creighrton M ^a   Raich, James W ^b   Ryan, Michael G ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP); Annualcarbon budget; Autotrophic respiration (R); Below ground net primary productivity (BNPP); Biomass; Carbon flux and partitioning; Gross primary productivity (GPP); Total below ground carbon flux (TBCF)

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; AUTOTROPHY; BELOWGROUND PRODUCTION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FLUX; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PARTITION COEFFICIENT;

EID: 34948841961     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01420.x     Document Type: Review

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