Dynamics of carbon exchange in a Eucalyptus forest in response to interacting disturbance factors

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 153, Issue , 2012, Pages 67-81

  Keith, H ^a   van Gorsel, E ^b   Jacobsen, K L ^b   Cleugh, H A ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomass dynamics; Carbon exchange; Drought; Eucalypt forest; Insect damage; Mortality

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON SINK; DICOTYLEDON; DROUGHT; FOREST CANOPY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; LEAF AREA; MORTALITY; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PEST DAMAGE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POPULATION OUTBREAK; RAINFALL; REGENERATION; RESPIRATION; SOIL MOISTURE; TROPICAL FOREST; VAPOR PRESSURE;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; TUMBARUMBA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS DELEGATENSIS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84860391214     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.07.019     Document Type: Article

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