Modelling forest carbon balances considering tree mortality and removal

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-190

  Grote, Rüdiger ^a   Kiese, Ralf ^a   Grünwald, Thomas ^b   Ourcival, Jean Marc ^c   Granier, André ^d  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon balances; Eddy flux measurements; Integrated modelling; Physiologically oriented modelling; Thinning; Tree growth

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MORTALITY; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESPIRATION; THINNING; TIMBER; WATER AVAILABILITY;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 78650178714     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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