Forest biomass allometry in global land surface models

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Wolf, Adam ^a   Ciais, Philippe ^b   Bellassen, Valentin ^b   Delbart, Nicolas ^c   Field, Christopher B ^d   Berry, Joseph A ^d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c PRODIG   (France)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRICS; BIOMASS DATA; CARBON CYCLES; CARBON SOURCE; CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; EXPLICIT TREATMENTS; FOREST BIOMASS; FOREST INVENTORY; GLOBAL LAND SURFACE; GLOBAL MODELS; LONG-TERM PREDICTION; SIMPLE APPROACH; SPARSE DATA; YOUNG STANDS;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; LAKES; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

BIOMASS;

ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOREST INVENTORY; LAND SURFACE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOMASS; RESPIRATION; THINNING;

EID: 80051771814     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GB003917     Document Type: Article

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