Dynamics of net ecosystem CO2 exchange and heterotrophic soil respiration following clearfelling in a drained peatland forest

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 150, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1585-1596

  Mäkiranta, Päivi ^a   Riutta, Terhi ^b   Penttilä, Timo ^c   Minkkinen, Kari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clearfelling; Drained peatland; Ground vegetation; Heterotrophic respiration; Net ecosystem exchange

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; CLEARCUTTING; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HETEROTROPHY; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PEATLAND; PHYTOMASS; SILVICULTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATER LEVEL; WATER TABLE;

EID: 77957880323     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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