The carbon balance of an old-growth forest: Building across approaches

Ecosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 525-533

  Field, Christopher B ^a   Kaduk, Jörg ^a,b  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon balance; Eddy flux; Net primary production; Old growth forest

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON BUDGET; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WIND RIVER EXPERIMENTAL FOREST;

EID: 4243187921     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-004-0142-7     Document Type: Review

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