Interactions of temperature and moisture with respiration from coarse woody debris in experimental forest canopy gaps

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 265, Issue , 2012, Pages 124-132

  Forrester, Jodi A ^a   Mladenoff, David J ^a   Gower, Stith T ^a   Stoffel, Jennifer L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Upper Iowa University   (United States)

Author keywords

C flux; Canopy gap; Coarse woody debris; Decay class; Respiration

Indexed keywords

C EMISSIONS; CANOPY GAPS; CANOPY OPENING; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DECAY CLASS; DECAY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; FOREST CANOPIES; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST STRUCTURE; NORTHERN HARDWOOD FOREST; POST TREATMENT; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATION RATE; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; WISCONSIN;

DEBRIS; ECOSYSTEMS; MOISTURE;

FORESTRY;

CARBON EMISSION; CARBON FLUX; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GAP DYNAMICS; GROWTH RATE; MICROCLIMATE; MOISTURE CONTENT; RESPIRATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CARBON; DECAY; ECOSYSTEMS; FIBER DEBRIS; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; MOISTURE CONTENT; RESPIRATION; WOOD;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 81255167328     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.10.038     Document Type: Article

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