The role of canopy structural complexity in wood net primary production of a maturing northern deciduous forest

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1818-1827

  Hardiman, Brady S ^a   Bohrer, Gil ^b   Gough, Christopher M ^a,c   Vogel, Christoph S ^d   Curtis, Peter S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ohio State University   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy structure; Carbon sequestration; Diversity; Forest; Lidar; Net primary production; Rugosity

Indexed keywords

AGING; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIDAR; MATURATION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE; UNITED STATES; WOOD;

ECOSYSTEM; GREAT LAKES REGION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TREES; WOOD;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

ACER RUBRUM; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; PINUS STROBUS; POPULUS; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 80051875027     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-2192.1     Document Type: Article

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