Interannual variability of net carbon exchange is related to the lag between the end-dates of net carbon uptake and photosynthesis: Evidence from long records at two contrasting forest stands

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 164, Issue , 2012, Pages 29-38

  Wu, Chaoyang ^a,b   Chen, Jing M ^a   Gonsamo, Alemu ^a   Price, David T ^c   Black, T Andrew ^d   Kurz, Werner A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon uptake; Climate change; Forest; Phenology

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LIMITING FACTOR; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; STAND STRUCTURE;

EID: 84861757505     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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