Radiation use efficiency in adjacent hardwood and pine forests in the southern Appalachians

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1034-1042

  Pangle, Luke ^a   Vose, James M ^b   Teskey, Robert O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground net primary productivity; Deciduous forest; Pinus strobus L; Radiation use efficiency

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; HARDWOODS; LANDFORMS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RADIATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SUN;

ABOVEGROUND NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; APPALACHIANS; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; CARBON ACCUMULATIONS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ELEVATION GRADIENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS; FOREST TYPES; HARDWOOD FORESTS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATIONS; PINE FORESTS; PINE PLANTATIONS; PINUS STROBUS L; RADIATION USE EFFICIENCY; SPECIES DIVERSITIES; USE EFFICIENCIES; WHITE PINES;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ELEVATION; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PLANTATION; WATERSHED;

ACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; CARBON; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; MOUNTAINS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PINUS STROBUS; PLANTATIONS; RADIATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; SILICA; SILICATES;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

PINUS STROBUS;

EID: 58149295947     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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