The influence of burn severity on postfire vegetation recovery and albedo change during early succession in North American boreal forests

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Jin, Yufang ^a   Randerson, James T ^a   Goetz, Scott J ^b   Beck, Pieter S A ^b   Loranty, Michael M ^b   Goulden, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; BOREAL FOREST; BURNING; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE FORCING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MODIS; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION TYPE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84859466245     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JG001886     Document Type: Article

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