Age-related patterns of forest complexity and carbon storage in pine and aspen-birch ecosystems of northern Minnesota, USA

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 401-409

  Bradford, John B ^a   Kastendick, Douglas N ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; AGE-RELATED; ATMOSPHERIC CO; CARBON POOL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STORAGE; CHRONOSEQUENCES; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; COMPOSITIONAL COMPLEXITY; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; EVEN-AGED STANDS; FOREST COMPLEXITY; FOREST HARVEST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGERS; MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES; MINNESOTA; MINNESOTA , USA; PINE STAND; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; STAND AGE; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY; TOTAL CARBON;

ECOSYSTEMS; PERSONNEL;

FORESTRY;

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CLEARCUTTING; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SIZE STRUCTURE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; PERSONNEL;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949628778     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X10-002     Document Type: Article

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