Modeling production and decay of coarse woody debris in loblolly pine plantations

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 790-799

  Radtke, Philip J ^a   Amateis, Ralph L ^a   Prisley, Stephen P ^a   Copenheaver, Carolyn A ^a   Chojnacky, David C ^b   Pittman, Judd R ^a   Burkhart, Harold E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical cycle; Carbon sequestration; Detritus; Forest inventory and analysis; Nutrient cycle; Understory fuels

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DEBRIS; ECOLOGY; GROWTH (MATERIALS); NUTRIENTS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DETRITUS; FOREST INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT CYCLE; UNDERSTORY FUELS;

FORESTRY;

CARBON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DETRITUS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANTATION; THINNING; YIELD RESPONSE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; CHELATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; FUELS; GEOCHEMISTRY; NUTRIENTS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 58149277305     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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