Quantifying disturbance effects on vegetation carbon pools in mountain forests based on historical data

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-130

  Gimmi, Urs ^a,c   Wolf, Annett ^a   Bürgi, Matthias ^b   Scherstjanoi, Marc ^a   Bugmann, Harald ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark beetle; Forest carbon stock; Forest management; Historical ecology; Terrestrial carbon sinks; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 67349271695     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-008-0071-7     Document Type: Article

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