Long-term impact of a stand-replacing fire on ecosystem CO2 exchange of a ponderosa pine forest

Global Change Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1801-1820

  Dore, Sabina ^a,c   Kolb, T E ^a   Montes Helu, M ^a   Sullivan, B W ^a   Winslow, W D ^a   Hart, S C ^a   Kaye, J P ^b   Koch, G W ^a   Hungate, B A ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; CO2 flux; Conifer; Disturbance; Eddy covariance; GPP; NEE; Pinus ponderosa; Respiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SINK; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STAND DYNAMICS; WILDFIRE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 48949120720     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01613.x     Document Type: Article

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