Role of vegetation in determining carbon sequestration along ecological succession in the southeastern United States

Global Change Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1409-1427

  Stoy, Paul C ^a,b   Katul, Gabriel G ^b,c   Siqueira, Mario B S ^b,d   Juang, Jehn Yih ^b,e   Novick, Kimberly A ^b   Mc Carthy, Heather R ^b,f   Oishi, A Christopher ^b   Oren, Ram ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological succession; Ecosystem respiration; Eddy covariance; Grass field; Gross ecosystem productivity; Net ecosystem exchange; Oak hickory forest; Pinus taeda

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EDDY COVARIANCE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CARYA; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 43349102704     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01587.x     Document Type: Article

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