Biometric and eddy-covariance based estimates of carbon fluxes in an age-sequence of temperate pine forests

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 150, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 952-965

  Peichl, Matthias ^a   Brodeur, Jason J ^a   Khomik, Myroslava ^a   Arain, M Altaf ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Biomass; Carbon allocation; Carbon sequestration; Chronosequence; Inventory; Net ecosystem production; Net primary production; Pinus strobus; Respiration

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; BIOMETRY; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; EDDY COVARIANCE; INVENTORY; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHYTOMASS; RESPIRATION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 77954815167     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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