Ecosystem respiration and its components in an old-growth forest in the Great Lakes region of the United States

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 171-185

  Tang, Jianwu ^a   Bolstad, Paul V ^a   Desai, Ankur R ^b   Martin, Jonathan G ^a   Cook, Bruce D ^a   Davis, Kenneth J ^b   Carey, Eileen V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 flux; Leaf respiration; Old growth forest; Soil respiration; Stem respiration; Woody debris

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; EDDY COVARIANCE; LEAF; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SOIL RESPIRATION; STAND STRUCTURE; WOODY DEBRIS;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

CONIUM;

EID: 38949167563     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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