Detrital carbon pools in temperate forests: magnitude and potential for landscape-scale assessment

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 802-813

  Bradford, John ^a   Weishampel, Peter ^b   Smith, Marie Louise ^a   Kolka, Randall ^a   Birdsey, Richard A ^a   Ollinger, Scott V ^c   Ryan, Michael G ^d  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVE-GROUND BIOMASS; CARBON ACCOUNTINGS; CARBON POOLS; CARBON STORAGES; FOREST AGES; FOREST FLOORS; FOREST TYPES; LANDSCAPE-SCALE ASSESSMENTS; LEAF AREAS; MIXED FORESTS; NEW ENGLAND; NORTHERN HARDWOODS; PREDICTIVE VARIABLES; PRIMARY PRODUCTIONS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; STAND AGES; TEMPERATE FORESTS; WOODY DEBRIS; WOODY MATERIALS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; DEBRIS; FLOORS; REMOTE SENSING;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FOREST FLOOR; LEAF AREA; PHYTODETRITUS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; WOODY DEBRIS;

BIOMASS; CARBON; FIBER DEBRIS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARDWOODS; REMOTE SENSING;

MIDWEST; NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65349117545     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-010     Document Type: Article

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