Residual vegetation importance to net CO 2 uptake in pine-dominated stands following mountain pine beetle attack in British Columbia, Canada

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 269, Issue , 2012, Pages 82-91

  Bowler, Rebecca ^a   Fredeen, Arthur L ^a,b   Brown, Mathew ^c,d   Andrew Black, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon balance; Dendroctonus ponderosae; Gross ecosystem photosynthesis; Lodgepole pine; Mountain pine beetle; Pinus contorta var. latifolia

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; GROSS ECOSYSTEM PHOTOSYNTHESIS; LODGEPOLE PINE; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; PINUS CONTORTA VAR. LATIFOLIA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; SOFTWOODS; VALUE ENGINEERING; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOLIAGE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWING SEASON; MORTALITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; UNDERSTORY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; INSECTS; MORTALITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PINUS CONTORTA; PLANTS; SOFTWOODS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 84863407580     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.12.011     Document Type: Article

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