Boreal forest soil carbon: Distribution, function and modelling

Forestry

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 161-184

  DeLuca, Thomas H ^a   Boisvenue, Celine ^b,c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; ACCUMULATION; BIOME; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FOSSIL FUEL; PERMAFROST; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DYNAMICS; SOIL QUALITY;

EID: 84859602687     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cps003     Document Type: Review

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