Observations and assessment of forest carbon dynamics following disturbance in North America

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Goetz, S J ^a   Bond Lamberty, B ^b   Law, B E ^c   Hicke, J A ^d   Huang, C ^b   Houghton, R A ^a   McNulty, S ^e   O'Halloran, T ^f   Harmon, M ^c   Meddens, A J H ^d   Pfeifer, E M ^g   Mildrexler, D ^h   Kasischke, E S ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^e U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^f SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^g USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CARBON CYCLE; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84862282148     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JG001733     Document Type: Article

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