Disturbance and climate effects on carbon stocks and fluxes across Western Oregon USA

Global Change Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1429-1444

  Law, Beverly E ^a   Turner, D ^a   Campbell, J ^a   Sun, O J ^a   Van Tuyl, S ^a   Ritts, W D ^a   Cohen, W B ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon allocation; Carbon balance; Carbon flux; Carbon stocks; Conifer forests; Net primary production; Respiration; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISTURBANCE; ECOREGION; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 4744363331     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2004.00822.x     Document Type: Article

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