Simulating the impacts of disturbances on forest carbon cycling in North America: Processes, data, models, and challenges

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Liu, Shuguang ^a   Bond Lamberty, Ben ^b   Hicke, Jeffrey A ^c   Vargas, Rodrigo ^d   Zhao, Shuqing ^e   Chen, Jing ^f   Edburg, Steven L ^c   Hu, Yueming ^g   Liu, Jinxun ^h   McGuire, A David ⁱ   Xiao, Jingfeng ^j   Keane, Robert ^k   Yuan, Wenping ^l   Tang, Jianwu ^m   Luo, Yiqi ⁿ   Potter, Christopher ^o   Oeding, Jennifer ^h  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h SGT INC   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^k Rocky Mountain Research Station   (United States)

^l BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^m MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^o NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON CYCLE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MICROCLIMATE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 80755167699     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JG001585     Document Type: Review

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