Nitrogen footprint in a long-term observation of forest growth over the twentieth century

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 237-251

  Bontemps, Jean Daniel ^a   Hervé, Jean Christophe ^b   Leban, Jean Michel ^c   Dhôte, Jean François ^d  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^b Inventaire Forestier National IFN   (France)

^c LERFoB   (France)

^d Office National des Forets   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Climate; Fagus sylvatica; Forest growth; Long term trends; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CO; CLIMATE; CLIMATIC ANOMALIES; COMMON BEECH; DOMINANT HEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FOREST BIOMASS; FOREST GROWTH; FOREST PRODUCTIVITY; LONG-TERM TREND; LOW-FREQUENCY VARIATIONS; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NITROGEN SUPPLY; PROCESS-BASED MODELLING; SHORT-TERM GROWTH; STATISTICAL MODELLING; TIME-SCALES; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; PRODUCTIVITY;

ECOLOGY;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 79952701803     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-010-0501-2     Document Type: Article

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