Forest annual carbon cost: Comment

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1994-1998

  Enquist, Brian J ^a,b   Yavitt, J B ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON;

AUTOTROPHY; BIOMASS; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; NOTE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE;

AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOMASS; CARBON; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TREES;

EID: 80053609383     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-1912.1     Document Type: Note

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