Developing carbon-based ecological indicators to monitor sustainability of Ontario's forests

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 235-246

  Peng, Changhui ^a,b   Liu, Jinxun ^b   Dang, Qinglai ^b   Zhou, Xiaolu ^b   Apps, Mike ^b  

^a ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon budget model; Criteria and indicators; Ecosystem disturbance; Net carbon balance; Net ecosystem production; Net primary productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 4644245400     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1470-160x(02)00010-9     Document Type: Article

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