Reconstruction and attribution of the carbon sink of European forests between 1950 and 2000

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3274-3292

  Bellassen, Valentin ^a   Viovy, Nicolas ^a   Luyssaert, Sebastiaan ^a   Le Maire, Guerric ^b   Schelhaas, Mart Jan ^a   Ciais, Philippe ^c  

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

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age structure; Carbon sink; Europe; Forest management; NBP; NEP; Wood demand

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RECONSTRUCTION; WOOD;

EID: 80053540547     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02476.x     Document Type: Article

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