Quantification of C uptake in subarctic birch forest after setback by an extreme insect outbreak

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Heliasz, Michal ^a,b   Johansson, Torbjörn ^a,c   Lindroth, Anders ^a   Mölder, Meelis ^a   Mastepanov, Mikhail ^a   Friborg, Thomas ^c   Callaghan, Terry V ^b,d   Christensen, Torben R ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BETULA PUBESCENS; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM RESPIRATION; ECOSYSTEM STABILITY; GROSS PHOTOSYNTHESIS; GROWING SEASON; HERBIVORY; INSECT OUTBREAKS; MOUNTAIN BIRCH; NATURAL ECOSYSTEM; PERIODIC DISTURBANCES; POPULATION DENSITIES; SCANDINAVIA; SINK STRENGTH;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBON SINK; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEFOLIATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWING SEASON; LARVA; MOTH; PERIODICITY; PEST OUTBREAK; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POPULATION DENSITY; SUBARCTIC REGION;

NORRBOTTEN; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; TORNE LAKE;

BETULA PUBESCENS; BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA; EPIRRITA AUTUMNATA; HEXAPODA; OPEROPHTERA BRUMATA;

EID: 78751542066     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044733     Document Type: Article

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