Uncertainties in the relationship between atmospheric nitrogen deposition and forest carbon sequestration

Global Change Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2057-2063

  Sutton, Mark A ^a   Simpson, David ^b,c   Levy, Peter E ^a   Smith, Rognvald I ^a   Reis, Stefan ^a   van Oijen, Marcel ^a   de Vries, Wim ^d  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition models; Biogeochemical models; Carbon sequestration; Chronosequences; Forest growth; Greenhouse gas budgets; Net ecosystem productivity; Nitrogen deposition; Regression analysis; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; DATA SET; GREENHOUSE GAS; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 48849089651     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01636.x     Document Type: Article

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